Uploaded April 2023 | Updated September 2026, 3 hours ago

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What is the Gloriavale cult and why are they always in and out of the courts?

ANKE RICHTER is an international journalist, foreign correspondent and author based in Christchurch. Her new book, Cult Trip – Inside the World of Coercion & Control, has just been released – an investigative account of three New Zealand cults: Centrepoint, Agama Yoga and -- most infamously -- Gloriavale.

MARK from Talk Beliefs chats to Anke about her ten-year investigative journey of as well as a new age group that she once became involved in before seeing one too many red flags...

#cults #belief #gloriavale



00:00 START
01:13 Past encounters
03:41 Centrepoint, Agama & Gloriavale
05:59 The Gloriavale cult
12:46 The Law Vs Gloriavale
14:35 Gloriavale escapees
17:12 Leaving ISTA
21:05 Wellness cults



ANKE RICHTER LINKS:

SITES:

ankerichter.net

weltreporter.net

TWITTER: twitter.com/AnkeRichter

INSTA: instagram.com/ankerichterscale

BUY CULT TRIP bit.ly/3G9OIUN

Gloriavale Leavers Support Trust: gloriavaleleavers.org.nz

Rabbit Hole Resistance: facebook.com/groups/rabbitholeresistance

FACT (Fight Against Conspiracy Theories) facebook.com/factaotearoa

AUDIO:

Delving into the world of cults and control – with Kim Hill (RNZ) bit.ly/40ywlks

On Cults & Conspiracies – Yeah Nah Pasaran podcast (3CR Melbourne) bit.ly/42UT9N2


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