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Haurongo: Potter, Herbert Thomas

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Centrepoint Restoration Project

Read about and support the Centrepoint Restoration Project’s efforts to support former Centrepoint children who suffered harm while living in the commune.

Support for victims of sexual abuse

Get support for sexual abuse through Manaaki Tāngata Victim Support.

The commune: sex, drugs – and a guru called Bert

Listen to Stuff’s 12-part documentary podcast about Centrepoint, created by Adam Dudding and Eugene Bingham.

Heaven and hell – the Centrepoint story

Watch the 2021 documentary about Centrepoint on TVNZ+. 

NZ on Screen

Watch Geoff Steven’s 1980 documentary about Centrepoint on NZ on Screen.

Ngā Taonga Sound and Vision

Discover radio and television coverage of Centrepoint’s rise and fall.

Rārangi pukapuka

Centrepoint (magazine), 1980–91 

Duffy, A.P., J.R. McPherson and I.A. Ramsay. Report of the committee of inquiry on its examination and inquiry into the Centrepoint Community Growth Trust pursuant to section 58 (2) of the Charitable Trusts Act 1957. 2v. Wellington, 1997 

Gibson, K., M. Morgan, C. Woolley and T. Powis. A different kind of family: retrospective accounts of growing up at Centrepoint and implications for adulthood. Palmerston North, 2010 

King, R.C. Surviving Centrepoint: my years in New Zealand’s most infamous cult. Auckland, 2021 

Oakes, L. Inside Centrepoint: the story of a New Zealand community. Auckland, 1986 

Richter, A. Cult trip. Auckland, 2022 

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Tim Shoebridge. 'Potter, Herbert Thomas', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 2024. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/biographies/232200/sources (accessed 4 June 2026).