Bert Potter (other)
Bert Potter may refer to: * Bert Potter (1925–2012), co-creator of the New Zealand commune Centrepoint * Bert Potter (composer) Albert Lincoln (“Bert”) Potter (March 11, 1874 – January 29, 1930) was a composer of popular songs active between 1904 and 1917. Biography Bert Potter, born in Boston, was the first child of Algernon S. and Flora E. Potter. Algernon was a who ...

Centrepoint (commune)
Centrepoint was a commune in Albany, New Zealand, founded in 1977 by Herbert "Bert" Thomas Potter (1925–2012) and 36 others. The commune was created in the model of the therapeutic encounter group __NOTOC__ A T-group or training group (sometimes also referred to as sensitivity-training group, human relations training group or encounter group) is a form of group training where participants (typically between eight and fifteen people) learn a ...s popularised in the 1960s in California. At its largest, it was home to over 200 people. On 25 April 1990, Potter was convicted of drug charges. In November 1992 Potter was sentenced to 7 years' jail after being convicted of 13 charges of indecently assaulting five girls between 1979 and 1984. Justice Blanchard said Potter had "systematically corrupted children for his own sexual pleasure and had abused the power and trust community members placed in him". On release Potter maintained he had done nothing wrong and that he still believed t ...
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