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1 month ago | 1news.co.nz | Politicsrnz.co.nzBy Guyon Espiner |Guyon Espiner

The TAB offered a $150 million deal to the government in a bid to secure a lucrative online casino licence, according to documents obtained by RNZ. The government is auctioning off 15 online casino licences as it regulates online gambling for the first time and local operators fear they'll end up in the hands of foreign owned multinationals and eat into their market share. The TAB, which is a statutory entity, is barred from offering online casino gambling under current laws.

Apr 17, 2024 | 1news.co.nz | Politicsrnz.co.nzBy Guyon Espiner |Guyon Espiner

In an interview for RNZ's new show 30 with Guyon Espiner, community advocate Dave Letele reveals how his relationship with Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has been derailed. During last year's election campaign, motivation fitness guru and community advocate Dave Letele turned up at National Party fundraisers. National leader Christopher Luxon supported Letele when his community food bank was burgled. The two were on friendly, text-messaging terms.

Mar 6, 2024 | 1news.co.nz | Politicsrnz.co.nzBy Guyon Espiner |Guyon Espiner

The Government's gang crackdown could backfire, driving up rates of gang membership, increasing domestic violence and making it harder to exit gangs, according to expert advice from justice officials. The Government is expected to today introduce legislation banning gang patches in public, limiting freedom of association and imposing harsher sentences for crimes, regardless of whether the crime is linked to being in a gang.

Mar 3, 2024 | 1news.co.nz | Guyon Espiner |Politicsrnz.co.nzBy Guyon Espiner

Officials warned the Government it may face requests to bailout media companies if it failed to progress a law forcing digital platforms to pay local media for using their content. The warning, from officials at the Ministry for Culture and Heritage, came in November last year, months before Newshub collapsed.