A new report from AUT University and the MOH has found that more than 1 in 3 Pacifica Youth reported gambling daily, making gambling as common as tobacco among some.
It's part of a longitudinal study of pacific children born at Middlemore in the year 2000, and their parents.
Pesio Ah-Honi, National Director at Mapu Maia at the Problem Gambling Foundation, explains the issues.