{"id":777018753,"date":"2024-09-04T08:37:34","date_gmt":"2024-09-04T11:37:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777018753"},"modified":"2026-04-22T06:27:41","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T09:27:41","slug":"new-zealand-government-seeks-public-input-on-gambling-harm-strategy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/new-zealand-government-seeks-public-input-on-gambling-harm-strategy","title":{"rendered":"New Zealand government seeks public input on gambling harm strategy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The consultation is open until October 6.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>New Zealand.- Matt Doocey,\u00a0New Zealand\u2019s Minister for Mental Health, has encouraged all New Zealanders to share their thoughts on a three-year strategy to prevent and reduce gambling harm.  Submissions close on Sunday, October 6. The new strategy and levy will take effect from July 1, 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Gambling Act 2003 requires the Ministry of Health to set out a strategy every three years to prevent and minimise gambling harm. The draft strategy needs a public consultation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Doocey&nbsp;said: &#8220;While many New Zealanders enjoy gambling as a pastime without issue, the statistics are clear that harm from gambling can have a significant impact, therefore it is important that we put in place initiatives and interventions that prevent and minimise harm from gambling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I would encourage you to have your say on this consultation document by 6 October 2024 to help inform its development. In talking to people about mental health and addiction, I&#8217;ve become firmly of the view that the ideas we need to solve the issues we face are already in the community, so please make your voice heard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I want to particularly acknowledge those who have lived experience of gambling harm, as your perspectives will give a strong understanding of what works and what doesn\u2019t at the community level. With the proposed strategy having a strong focus on ensuring people with lived experience are actively involved in our harm prevention and minimisation efforts.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>See also:<\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/new-zealand-to-introduce-licensing-system-for-online-casinos\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">New Zealand to introduce licensing system for online casinos<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The consultation is open until October 6.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":14102,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"New Zealand's Ministry of Health, led by Minister Matt Doocey, has initiated a public consultation until October 6, 2024, for its triennial strategy to prevent and minimise gambling harm, mandated by the Gambling Act 2003. The proposed strategy, effective July 1, 2025, emphasizes community involvement and perspectives from individuals with lived experience to inform effective interventions, coinciding with the nation's move towards online casino licensing.","focusai_entities":"Matt Doocey, Ministry of Health","focusai_location":"New Zealand","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.9), affiliate_publisher (0.7), product_ux (0.7), marketing_crm (0.7), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Levy Impact","query":"What is the projected financial impact of the new gambling harm levy on licensed operators' GGR\/NGR, and how will its allocation be governed?"},{"label":"Strategy Implementation","query":"How will the Ministry of Health ensure effective implementation and measurable outcomes for the proposed harm minimisation strategy, particularly concerning the integration of lived experience perspectives?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16336,154],"tags":[23911],"class_list":["post-777018753","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\/777018753","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=777018753"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777018753\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777018764,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777018753\/revisions\/777018764"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14102"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777018753"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777018753"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777018753"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}