Media Linkages
I thought it might be interesting to keep a list of interesting articles around grant making especially in the pokie space. I have been quoted in some, not in others, but find them all helpful.
October 2024 www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/350454855/notorious-auckland-pubs-pokies-may-finally-be-turned
October 2024 www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/350424086/pub-plagued-violence-cant-serve-booze-so-why-has-it-still-got-pokies
September 2024 www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/350404767/gym-collects-1m-grants-under-year-authorities-will-look-it
August 2024 www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/350354021/mysterious-charity-no-accounts-website-or-physical-presence-under-investigation
Feb 2024 https://www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/350157981/pokie-kingpin-still-under-investigation?
May 2023 www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/131937836/the-strange-case-of-the-publican-16000-a-new-audi-and-a-quashed-conviction
February 2023 https://www.newsroom.co.nz/pro/investigation-underway-over-concerns-pokie-trusts-cooking-the-books
January 2023 https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/130928581/the-1-million-library-that-never-really-opened-appears-to-close-for-good
November 2022 https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK2211/S00381/former-publican-found-guilty-after-buying-audi-with-grant-funding-from-pokies.htm
October 2022 https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/130287653/pool-champ-and-pokies-boss-on-dishonesty-charges-after-major-investigation
October 2022 www.stuff.co.nz/business/130205773/milliondollar-library-never-opens-yet-claims-small-fortune-in-community-funds
October 2022 https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/129999258/new-pokie-trust-in-canterbury-gives-only-one-local-grant--so-far
August 2022 businessdesk.co.nz/article/charities/supreme-sikh-council-under-scrutiny-over-crematorium-pokie-grants
October 2024 www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/350424086/pub-plagued-violence-cant-serve-booze-so-why-has-it-still-got-pokies
September 2024 www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/350404767/gym-collects-1m-grants-under-year-authorities-will-look-it
August 2024 www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/350354021/mysterious-charity-no-accounts-website-or-physical-presence-under-investigation
Feb 2024 https://www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/350157981/pokie-kingpin-still-under-investigation?
May 2023 www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/131937836/the-strange-case-of-the-publican-16000-a-new-audi-and-a-quashed-conviction
February 2023 https://www.newsroom.co.nz/pro/investigation-underway-over-concerns-pokie-trusts-cooking-the-books
January 2023 https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/130928581/the-1-million-library-that-never-really-opened-appears-to-close-for-good
November 2022 https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK2211/S00381/former-publican-found-guilty-after-buying-audi-with-grant-funding-from-pokies.htm
October 2022 https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/130287653/pool-champ-and-pokies-boss-on-dishonesty-charges-after-major-investigation
October 2022 www.stuff.co.nz/business/130205773/milliondollar-library-never-opens-yet-claims-small-fortune-in-community-funds
October 2022 https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/129999258/new-pokie-trust-in-canterbury-gives-only-one-local-grant--so-far
August 2022 businessdesk.co.nz/article/charities/supreme-sikh-council-under-scrutiny-over-crematorium-pokie-grants