Dear Hon Sepuloni I am writing to express concern about some comments you made on The Nation TV3 Saturday 26/08/2023 regarding Gloriavale. I run the Gloriavale Leavers’ Support Trust and am involved with many of…
Meet Cult Chat! Cult Chat is a podcast collaboration project between three organisations, who are raising awareness about control, coercion, and cultishness. It started in June 2023 and its popularity is growing each week! Join…
Opinion Piece by Liz Gregory. It was no surprise to hear that Gloriavale has sought leave to appeal the Pilgrim Employment Court ruling. The implications for them and the way they operate could be reasonably…
Opinion Piece by Liz Gregory. I think it’s time to state the obvious. If it looks like Slavery, smells like Slavery, it might be Slavery. Did you know that New Zealand has been progressing some…
Opinion Piece by Liz Gregory. The news broke a few days after the Employment Court ruling, that ERO (Education Review Office) was doing a review of the Gloriavale school. But don’t get excited, it wasn’t…
Authored by Liz Gregory. These has been a bit of noise on the airwaves since the Employment Court Ruling last week relating to Education in Gloriavale. The leavers’ lawyer, Brian Henry, has done a number…
Opinion piece: Liz Gregory. (Thoughts, opinions and views expressed here belong to Liz Gregory and may or may not represent the views of the Gloriavale Leavers’ Support Trust, former or current members of Gloriavale.). Judge…
Opinion piece: Liz Gregory The phone call everyone was waiting for came late afternoon on a Wednesday. On Thursday morning 13 July, 2023 the Employment Court judgement would be released. The six plaintiffs sprung into…
Author: Liz Gregory The Gloriavale Leavers’ Support Trust assists people leaving Gloriavale – and you need to know it’s a messy and complicated space to work in. We know that many people who live in…
By Jake Kenny | Stuff | Gloriavale is fighting to keep its Bank of New Zealand (BNZ) accounts open after the bank tried to dump the Christian community as a customer. The bank wants to…
Opinion Piece: Liz Gregory It’s difficult to distill a 12-week hearing, that stretched across seven calendar months, into a top Ten, but I’ve given it a go! There were many, many light-hearted moments that the…
What is a Cult? Some axiomatic principles taken from Matthew Remski Cults aren’t defined by their content (political, religious, psychedelic), they are defined by their element of control. Another term for a ‘cult’ is a…
Opinion piece: Liz Gregory Part way through the Girls’ Employment court hearing (Pilgrim case), it was proposed that the judge appoint a Court Expert to help assist her understandings in this unique case. Enter Dr…
Dr Caroline Ansley – Opinion Piece Read the original here: https://thespinoff.co.nz/society/20-10-2022/from-centrepoint-to-gloriavale-why-are-we-still-naive-about-sexually-dangerous-cults This month’s Gloriavale hearing has been chillingly evocative of the abuse Dr Caroline Ansley endured as a child at Centrepoint in the 1980s. She…
Opinion piece: Liz Gregory. (Thoughts, opinions and views expressed here belong to Liz Gregory and may or may not represent the views of all leavers or current members). On September 2022, the Cabinet Social Wellbeing…