News - New Zealand

Bookies Go Into Meltdown As Auckland Reactor Bolts in

TAB bookmakers are bracing themselves for a possible avalanche of money on glamour pacer Auckland Reactor. The 3-year-old remains on track...
New Zealand | 27 Apr 2008

Self exclusion an answer to problem gambling

Self exclusion, where problem gamblers make themselves known to venues and request to be denied access to gambling machines, can be a surprisingly...
New Zealand | 07 Nov 2007

Crooked bars in the gambling crime capital

The Problem Gambling Foundation is calling on the Department of Internal Affairs to clamp down on gaming trusts that allow pokie machine...
New Zealand | 18 Oct 2007

Green party claims victory on gambling issues

Green Party MP and Gambling Spokesperson Sue Bradford welcomed Government recognition today of gambling issues that the Green Party has...
New Zealand | 11 Oct 2007

Harawira speaks out on gambling controversy

Harawira speaks out on North Shore gambling controversy. "Letting pokie operators decide whether a community should have them, is like letting...
New Zealand | 13 Sep 2007

North Shore gambling vote needs to be re-held

Green Party Gambling Spokesperson Sue Bradford has joined other social agencies in criticizing North Shore City Council for allowing two...
New Zealand | 12 Sep 2007

GPs may quiz patients about gambling

Under an arrangement being discussed with the Problem Gambling Foundation and the Ministry of Health, doctors would expand routine health...
New Zealand | 02 Sep 2007