Australasia will host its first ever cult awareness conference next year.
Experts and survivors will meet in Christchurch to highlight how cults work, and the harm they cause.
It's called Decult, and is being organised by journalist and author of Cult Trip: Inside the World of Coercion and Control Anke Richter.
She talks to Jesse about hosting the gathering in Aotearoa.
Author, reporter and cult researcher Anke Richter Photo: RNZ / Nate McKinnon
