Tyrone Mitchell grew up with gambling around him, and now it’s all his friends want to do at the pub. He wants his community and his mates to realise what they’re losing and to break the habit.
Research from Australia and overseas supports what we know from the front line – Aboriginal communities are experiencing significant harm from gambling and more needs to be done to address it.
Comedian Daniel Connell lost around $100,000 to sports and race betting over six years before a gamble of a different kind changed his life.
Fifteen volunteers who speak regularly to community and professional groups about their experience of gambling harm have been recognised with a 2016 Minister for Health Volunteer Award.
A theatre project that uses performance to help people with personal experience of gambling harm to recover is also having a profound effect on audiences.
Winning an $800 jackpot at the pokies triggered 10 difficult years for Maori woman Korina Waitai. After a wake-up call from her son, she turned her life around – with help from her counsellor and her friends
The Problem Gambling Foundation of New Zealand knows how important it is for the people they help to share their stories of gambling harm, and for governments and communities to learn from them.
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
