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Nov 29, 2009
Scientology DVDs in schools — New Zealand Herald
Type: Press
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Matt Nippert Source:
New Zealand Herald A scientologist doctor, who gave evidence on the suicide of a church member she treated, is promoting a controversial educational resource in New Zealand schools. Dr Helen Smith gave evidence this year to a coroner's inquiry after the death of David Sampson in December 2008. Sampson had won $651,000 in Lotto's first division in 1991, but battled with alcohol abuse and depression. A friend of Sampson was upset at the church's policy against psychiatric help: "He was suffering from depression, but ...
Apr 17, 2008
Masked activists target NZ Scientology headquarters — New Zealand Herald
Type: Press
Author(s):
Kristina Koveshnikova Source:
New Zealand Herald Masked protesters have begun a campaign against the Auckland headquarters of Scientology New Zealand, as part of a worldwide movement against the church. The protest, called Operation Reconnect, was organised by a global group calling itself Anonymous, which began its internet-based "War on Scientology" in January. It aimed to bring together families it says have been torn apart by the church. The latest protest on Saturday was the third of its kind, held across the road from the church's Panmure headquarters. ...
Jan 15, 2008
Controversial Tom Cruise biography kept off NZ shelves — NZ Herald
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NZ Herald Tom Cruise an Unauthorised Biography will not be distributed in New Zealand by the publisher MacMillan. The biography by Andrew Morton, author of a top selling book on Princess Diana, is understood to contain controversial assertions about the Church of Scientology. MacMillan publicist Angie Willocks said the book would not be distributed in New Zealand but that the company would make no further comment. The star's lawyer Bert Fields has previously condemned the book as "a rehash of tired old lies ...
Oct 11, 2007
Scientology tour crumbles — New Zealand HeraldMore: nzherald.co.nz
Type: Press
Author(s):
Christopher Sablan Source:
New Zealand Herald What was intended as a goodwill tour by a visiting group for the Church of Scientology has run into a bit of controversy. The Scientology visit tent in front of the Government building, endorsed by the Government, has remained largely empty since opening last Wednesday. However, a training course was held for a group of police officers and other support servicemen. The visit hit a bad patch when claims were made that the tour received the blessings of the National Council ...
Jun 6, 2007
Scientologists snap up heritage home — New Zealand Herald
Type: Press
Author(s):
Anne Gibson Source:
New Zealand Herald The Church of Scientology is stepping up its image and presence here, spending $10 million to buy a prominent Auckland building. The church, which is popular with Hollywood stars such as Tom Cruise and John Travolta, will move around 100 staff into the building perched above the Southern Motorway at Grafton and run courses from there. It will soon leave Panmure's industrial strip for the building now occupied by the Whitecliffe College of Arts and Design, which has two other campus ...
Mar 2, 2007
Scientology could have saved Anna Nicole, says Travolta - - Personalities news - NZ Herald — New Zealand Herald
Aug 27, 2006
Film magnate's wife 'threatened boycott of Cruise movies' — NZ Herald
Type: Press
Author(s):
John Hiscock Source:
NZ Herald HOLLYWOOD - A novel theory of what lay behind the sacking of Tom Cruise by his Hollywood studio has emerged: he got up the nose of the main man's wife. Reports are circulating that the star so angered Paula Fortunato, wife of Sumner Redstone, boss of the studio's parent company, that she told her husband she was "boycotting Cruise's product for ever". Some film-world blogs have suggested this statement - provoked apparently by Cruise's criticisms of Brooke Shields's use of prescribed ...
Jun 30, 2005
Baring his soul a risky business for Cruise — New Zealand Herald
Jun 29, 2005
Shrinks fight back against Cruise missile — New Zealand Herald
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New Zealand Herald The American Psychiatric Association (APA) has sharply criticised actor Tom Cruise for televised remarks in which he called psychiatry a "pseudo science" and disputed the value of anti-depressant drugs. "It is irresponsible for Mr Cruise to use his movie publicity tour to promote his own ideological views and deter people with mental illness from getting the care they need," APA President Dr Steven Sharfstein said in a statement. During interviews promoting his latest film, War of the Worlds, Cruise has discussed ...
Jan 14, 2005
Missionaries leave Bibles behind to help the needy — New Zealand Herald
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