Secretive religious community Gloriavale’s ‘Declaration of Commitment’ – revealing the rights members must sign away for the rest of their lives
: | 1 News | Paul Hobbs | [Video can be viewed in article link]. 1 News has obtained the document at the heart of the secretive religious community Gloriavale –…
I grew up in a cult. It was heaven — and hell
: Lilia Tarawa | TEDxChristchurch | Video Link: I grew up in a cult Lilia Tarawa was brought up in the Gloriavale Christian Community on the West Coast of the South…
Finding Lilia
: | Sunday | TVNZ | When SUNDAY first met Lilia Tarawa, she’d been brainwashed. Born in the isolated religious sect Gloriavale, the 16 year old had been raised to believe…
Name suppression extended for Gloriavale accused
: | RNZ | A man charged with historical sexual offences at the West Coast religious community of Gloriavale has had his name suppression extended. The man, who is in his…
Ex-Gloriavale member tells of life inside the cult
: By Woman’s Day – 19/09/2017 (Video can be viewed in article link). As she curls up on the couch in her townhouse on the outskirts of Christchurch, Lilia Tarawa looks…
Fleeing Gloriavale: Life inside the religious community
: | RNZ | Audio || RNZ | Video | Lilia Tarawa fled Gloriavale after years of believing that to do so would mean she would go to hell. She describes…
Melanie Reid: Going undercover in Gloriavale still haunts me
: |Stuff | Newsroom | Melanie Reid | This story was originally published on Newsroom.co.nz and is republished with permission. It’s now more than 20 years since Melanie Reid went “undercover” to report…
Inside Gloriavale: Going undercover still haunts me
: | Newsroom | Melanie Reid | It’s now more than 20 years since Melanie Reid went “undercover” to report on the Cooperite community based on a remote West Coast farm.…