{"id":777001613,"date":"2023-01-19T10:31:15","date_gmt":"2023-01-19T13:31:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777001613"},"modified":"2026-04-23T01:23:43","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T04:23:43","slug":"new-zealands-government-urged-to-fully-ban-greyhound-racing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/new-zealands-government-urged-to-fully-ban-greyhound-racing","title":{"rendered":"New Zealand\u2019s Government urged to fully ban greyhound racing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In the wake of a racing greyhound dying from severe injuries on the track, animal rights activists have redoubled their calls for a complete ban on greyhound racing in New Zealand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>New Zealand.- The future of <strong>the Greyhound Racing Industry <\/strong>in New Zealand is uncertain after an animal rights organisation called Save Animals From Exploitation (SAFE) addressed the Government to suspend the activity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Claims arose after one of the racing greyhounds died after suffering severe injuries on the track during a race at south Auckland\u2019s Manukau Velodrome on December 29th, 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>See also:&nbsp;<\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/new-zealand-announces-new-rules-for-pokie-venues\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">New Zealand announces new rules for pokie venues<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>SAFE Campaigns Manager<strong> Anna de Roo <\/strong>said: &#8220;We can\u2019t keep subjecting greyhounds to painful and life-threatening injuries for gambling profits &#8211; the public won\u2019t stand for it.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She then added: &#8220;The social licence of this industry has been called into question time and time again. If New Zealand wants to be taken seriously as a world leader in animal welfare, action must be taken immediately.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to a press release by SAFE, the Racing Minister, Kieran McAnulty, will be considering the fate of the industry after receiving the Racing Integrity Board\u2019s report on greyhound racing last month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the wake of a racing greyhound dying from severe injuries on the track, animal rights activists have redoubled their calls for a complete ban on greyhound racing in New Zealand.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":15648,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Animal rights activists in New Zealand are intensifying calls for a complete ban on greyhound racing following a severe injury and death on the track. The industry's social license is under scrutiny, with the Racing Minister currently reviewing a report from the Racing Integrity Board regarding its future.","focusai_entities":"Save Animals From Exploitation (SAFE), Anna de Roo, Kieran McAnulty, Racing Integrity Board","focusai_location":"New Zealand, Auckland, Manukau Velodrome","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.8), operator_casino (0.85), investor_analyst (0.9), gambler_consumer (0.7), supplier_vendor (0.75), journalist_researcher (0.95)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Regulatory Impact","query":"What specific governance frameworks and licensing structures would be impacted by a complete ban on greyhound racing in New Zealand, and what is the projected timeline for the Racing Minister's decision?"},{"label":"Social License Implications","query":"How might the erosion of social license in the greyhound racing vertical influence regulatory scrutiny and public perception across other iGaming verticals, such as online casino or sports betting, within New Zealand and internationally?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16336,154],"tags":[23911],"class_list":["post-777001613","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-australasia-news","category-legislation-news","tag-gambling-regulation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777001613","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777001613"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777001613\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777001615,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777001613\/revisions\/777001615"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15648"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777001613"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777001613"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777001613"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}