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__NOTOC__{{Infobox_Contents | topic_name =The Cooperites[[Image:Cooperites Channel 9 picture.jpg|thumb|center|A picture of 2 Cooperite girls]] | subtopics =Synopsis=[[Neville Cooper]] |opinion_pieces ={{short_opinions}} |}}
==Contents==The community lives approximately 50 kms from [[Greymouth]] along the Western Coast of New Zealnd. They were founded in the 1960's by an Australian, Neville Cooper, who in 1994 was jailed for 5 years for indecent assault.
{{opinions}}The community is a self-sufficient farming community in which contact with the outside world is greatly restricted. The group hold very strict conservative moral values. Women wear blue dresses and head coverings, and men wear ties. There is a strong emphasis on sexual purity. Both men and women marry as young teenagers, and very large families are the norm. There are about 400 members, half of whom are children. Those who leave the community are shunned and denied contact with their family that remains in the community.
{{quotes}}The organisation runs a number of financially successful businesses and runs its own airline.
The Cooperites are a small religious sect on the South Island of [[New Zealand]]. They were founded in the 1960Janet McIntyre, TVNZ : It's by an Australian, Neville Cooper, who in 1994 was jailed for 5 years for indecent assault. The community is a self-sufficient farming community in which contact with the outside world is greatly restrictedchildren you worry about most. The group hold very strict conservative moral values. Women wear blue dresses and head coveringsSo young, and men wear ties. There is a strong emphasis on sexual purity. Both men and women marry as young teenagersso innocent, and very large families are the normso brainwashed. There are about 400 membersAnd so exploited, half of whom are children. Those who leave the community are shunned and denied contact with their family little slaves in a bizarre cult that remains in 's shut itself off from the communityoutside world.
The Cooperites are a small religious sect on exclusive Christian cult in the South Island of [[New Zealand]].
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==Links==
* [http://www.cults.co.nz/c.php#cooperites New Zealand Cults - Cooperites]* [http://sixtyminutes.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=271768 NineMSN - 60 minutes article: In God's name]
{{returnto}} [[Christian cults]]
[[Category:Christian cults]]
[[Category:Cooperites]]
