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Aside from Gloriavale, what other weird/fringe groups do we have in New Zealand? (lemmy.nz)

submitted 1 year ago by ciaocibai@lemmy.nz to c/newzealand@lemmy.nz

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I always read stories about what’s going on in Gloriavale, and I quite enjoy videos of random communities abroad as well. Other than Gloriavale what other fringe communities exist in NZ?

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[–] BalpeenHammer@lemmy.nz 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

there are a lot of weird and small cults in NZ.

Oh there is the business roundtable or whatever they are calling themselves these days.

[–] TagMeInSkipIGotThis@lemmy.nz 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They merged with the NZ Institute and collectively they call themselves the NZ Initiative now. You'll see them in media quite often being quoted as though they're presenting a consensus of experts in things rather than promulgating the desires of the fairly extreme idealogues they've always been.

[–] BalpeenHammer@lemmy.nz 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's a part of their deception. Keep changing the name so the people get confused and can't hold you accountable.

[–] batwingnz@lemmy.nz 1 points 1 year ago

NATLFED comes to mind when you say that, nothing to do with NZ, but the weird convoluted structure so no-one knows who is responsible for what