For four years a Dunedin man known for his charity work secretly fleeced his ailing father of nearly $150,000, a court has heard.
The 91-year-old died in
New Zealand's sports stars are huge celebrities, with the whole nation getting behind their teams for World Cups and the Olympics, but despite the high profile nature of sport in the country gambling is less popular due to the country's gambling regulations.
I have lived in Dunedin for long enough to be bored by Castle Street (AKA more than one year), and in that time, I’ve realized this town has some weird-ass buildings. Anyone who has set foot inside Archway Lecture theatres knows what I mean. Why are there so many entrances, but so few
A Christchurch City Council spokesperson said a submission was being drafted for the Gambling Commission s review.
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Dunedin mayor Aaron Hawkins has written a draft submission concerning the charitable trusts of casinos. A draft letter from Dunedin mayor Aaron Hawkins, which forms part of a submission to be discussed by his council on Tuesday, supported a “more consistent approach to the level of community funding provided by casinos”. Hawkins also asked for the trusts to become fully independent of casinos, “rather than allow licence holders to exercise control over significant aspects of the trust”. He noted Dunedin Casino paid at least $52,000 a year to an “independent” charitable trust, which provided funding for problem gambling treatment and 1 per cent of gaming machine turnover (to a maximum of $110,000) to community and sport groups.