4 Jun 2019

Pokie machines should go - recovering gambling addict

From Morning Report, 8:27 am on 4 June 2019

A man addicted to pokie machines says it should be easier for local councils to remove them.

The town of Ōtaki, north of Wellington, has 61 pokie machines but the number recommended by the council, and voted in through its bylaws, is 42.

The council has no control over getting the excess machines out - despite calls from the community that there's too many.

RNZ reporter Emma Hatton has the story.