Editing Gloriavale Christian Community (section)

==Media coverage==
[[File:Lilia Tarawa at TEDxChristchurch 2017.jpg|thumb|[[Lilia Tarawa]] at TEDxChristchurch, 2017]]
In 2016, a three-part documentary on [[TVNZ 2]] extensively covered the community, with the documentary team being given unprecedented access to the community.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Crowley|first1=Paulette|title=The man behind the award-winning Gloriavale documentary|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/film/79180855/The-man-behind-the-award-winning-Gloriavale-documentary|access-date=3 April 2017|work=[[Stuff (website)|Stuff]]|date=23 April 2016|archive-date=24 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171024174127/http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/film/79180855/The-man-behind-the-award-winning-Gloriavale-documentary|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Schulz|first1=Chris|title=Best of 2016: What life is like for Gloriavale's female residents|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=11680063|access-date=3 April 2017|work=[[The New Zealand Herald]]|date=5 January 2017|archive-date=3 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170403200258/http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=11680063|url-status=live}}</ref> The series is available online within New Zealand.<ref>{{cite web|title=GLORIAVALE|url=https://www.tvnz.co.nz/ondemand/gloriavale-a-world-apart|website=[[TVNZ OnDemand]]|access-date=3 April 2017|archive-date=13 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170413013009/https://www.tvnz.co.nz/ondemand/gloriavale-a-world-apart|url-status=live}}</ref> An additional set of 8 mini-episodes, titled ''Gloriavale: The Return'' was released in 2018.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.tvnz.co.nz/shows/gloriavale-the-return |title=Gloriavale: The Return |website=TVNZ OnDemand |access-date=9 March 2019 |archive-date=26 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190126164815/https://www.tvnz.co.nz/shows/gloriavale-the-return |url-status=live }}</ref> Television channels made additional films about the community in 2017 and 2018.<ref>{{cite web |title=What happens when you dress like a Gloriavale resident in their local town? |url=https://www.zmonline.com/shows/bree-clint/what-happens-when-you-dress-like-a-gloriavale-resident-in-their-local-town/ |website=www.zmonline.com/ |publisher=ZM Online |access-date=10 March 2019 |archive-date=28 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201128232327/https://www.zmonline.com/shows/bree-clint/what-happens-when-you-dress-like-a-gloriavale-resident-in-their-local-town/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2022, the documentary film ''[[Gloriavale (film)|Gloriavale]]'' was released, profiling the community and the Ready family court case.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/stuff-to-watch/300663426/gloriavale-enlightening-heartrending-doco-lifts-the-veil-on-nzs-secret-cult |title=Gloriavale: Enlightening, heartrending doco lifts the veil on 'NZ's secret cult' |first=James |last=Croot |website=[[Stuff (website)|Stuff]] |date=17 August 2022 |access-date=23 August 2022 |archive-date=23 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220823013424/https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/stuff-to-watch/300663426/gloriavale-enlightening-heartrending-doco-lifts-the-veil-on-nzs-secret-cult |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2017, [[Lilia Tarawa]], the granddaughter of Gloriavale's founder, spoke at a [[TEDx]] [[Christchurch]] conference on her experiences growing up as a member of the community.<ref>{{cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qS7mBbXxJYA |title=I grew up in a cult. It was heaven – and hell. |date=17 November 2017 |last=Tarawa |first=Lilia |publisher=TEDx |author-link=Lilia Tarawa |access-date=24 March 2022 |ref=none}}</ref> The talk was inspired by her autobiographical book ''Daughter of Gloriavale'', released the same year. Tarawa described abusive practices as part of daily life for members of Gloriavale, including beatings, forced marriages, and psychological control, leading some of Gloriavale's members – including some of Tarawa's siblings – to run away from the community.{{cn|date=February 2025}} The video of Tarawa's talk became widely popular online following its upload to [[YouTube]]. {{As of|2023|May}}, the video had over 12 million views.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Black |first1=Eleanor |date=27 August 2017 |title=Life after Gloriavale: Hopeful Christian's granddaughter speaks out |work=[[Stuff (website)|Stuff]] |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/95848006/life-after-gloriavale-hopeful-christians-granddaughter-speaks-out |url-status=live |access-date=12 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191022191834/https://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/95848006/life-after-gloriavale-hopeful-christians-granddaughter-speaks-out |archive-date=22 October 2019}}</ref>

In late March 2024, [[TVNZ]] produced a three-part miniseries entitled ''Escaping Utopia''. The final episode focused on Gloriavale's satellite commune in the Indian state of [[Tamil Nadu]]. In the episode, Gloriavale leavers Theo Pratt and Roseanna Overcomer visited Pratt's sister Precious at the Indian branch.<ref name="NZH Escaping Utopia">{{cite news |last1=Gleason |first1=Emma |title=Gloriavale India is in the spotlight with new documentary |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/gloriavale-india-is-in-the-spotlight-with-new-documentary/UIFZDT5HRBC5ZEZSTRTN2GVT5M/ |access-date=1 April 2024 |work=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |date=27 March 2024}}</ref> Allegations of rape and human trafficking in the Indian commune were aired in the documentary.<ref name="1 News Indian commune">{{cite news |last1=Boswell |first1=Ryan |title=Gloriavale's commune in India comes to attention of NZ Police |url=https://www.1news.co.nz/2024/03/27/gloriavales-commune-in-india-comes-to-attention-of-nz-police/ |access-date=28 March 2024 |work=[[1News]] |publisher=[[TVNZ]] |date=27 March 2024}}</ref><ref name="RNZ Indian commune" />