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January 29, 2026 | Featured News
Māori creators push back on gambling promos as TikTok influence grows across the motu
Māori content creators on TikTok are being praised online for standing firm on kaupapa, as more attention turns to influencer […]
March 16, 2026
January 3, 2026 | Featured News
#SummerSeries: Gambling Harm in Aotearoa — A Whānau Matter
As part of Radio Waatea’s Summer Series, we bring you kōrero about an issue often hidden but deeply affecting many […]
July 23, 2025 | Paakiwaha
Gambling is harming whanau Maori
A groundbreaking digital platform designed by Māori, for Māori, to help free whānau from the burdens of gambling harm has just been launched.
November 14, 2024 | Paakiwaha
Cath Healy | General Manager at Te Rangihaeata Oranga Trust
The Government has agreed to further details of a new system to regulate online casino gambling, including prohibiting advertising that appeals to children, requiring online gambling operators to have an acceptable age verification system, and introducing fines of up to $5 million for operators that break the law.
September 3, 2024 | News
Tiktok betting adds risky for rangatahi
Gambling harm services are sounding the alarm at a surge in gambling advertising.
September 3, 2024 | Paakiwaha
Karaitiana Tickell | Chief Executive Purapura Whetu Trust
A surge in gambling advertising across media has led to a petition being launched by gambling harm support services worried about the potential impact of unregulated gambling advertising on young people.
September 2, 2024 | Paakiwaha
Rose | Gambling Harm Awareness Week
This year Gambling Harm Awareness Week (GHAW) will focus on Communities Keeping Well. For the ongoing wellbeing and hauora of […]
July 16, 2024 | News
Alarm raised on Māori gambling
A new collective of Māori organisations working to tackle gambling harm say more needs to be done for Māori gamblers.
July 10, 2024 | Paakiwaha
Cath Healy | General Manager at Te Rangihaeata Oranga Trust
The 9th International Gambling Conference starts today at the Sir Paul Reeves Building at Auckland University of Technology, providing a platform to share collective knowledge with the aim of overcoming the barriers to the prevention and minimisation of gambling harm.
November 22, 2022 | News
Māori public health group welcomes pokie review
Māori public health advocacy service Hāpai Te Hauora is welcoming a review of gambling machines.
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