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Preventing and Minimising Gambling Harm 2007–2010: Consultation document

Three-year service plan, problem gambling needs assessment, and problem gambling levy calculations

Date of publication: August 2006
Submissions closed Friday 29 September 2006 (extended from 8 September)
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  • Publication availability
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Summary

The Ministry of Health is consulting on Preventing and Minimising Gambling Harm: 2007-2010: Consultation Document, and welcomes your feedback. The consultation document includes a three-year service plan, problem gambling needs assessment, and problem gambling levy calculations.


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How to Have Your Say

Your feedback is important as it will help shape the final documents. Please take the time to make a submission. While the Ministry welcomes all feedback on the three parts of this document, the following questions may help you to focus your submissions.
  1. Are there things you particularly endorse about the proposed approach in the service plan?

  2. What changes do you suggest to the proposed approach in the service plan?

  3. Does the service plan provide adequate service coverage to meet the needs of the population in the areas of primary, secondary and tertiary prevention?

  4. Does the service plan adequately address research and workforce development?

  5. Of the two options outlined in the levy calculations, do you support the 20:80 weighting or the 10:90 weighting? Why?

There are three ways for you to make a submission:
  1. Forward your comments, with the submission form which can be found at the back of the consultation document or at the link below, to:

    Shayne Nahu
    Preventing and Minimising Gambling Harm Submissions
    Ministry of Health
    PO Box 5013
    Wellington

  2. Download the submission form to your computer, add your comments and email to: problemgambling@moh.govt.nz

  3. Attend one of the following consultation meetings where your comments will be recorded:
LocationVenueDate & Time
AucklandParnell Trust Venue Solutions
545 Parnell Rd
Tue 22 August
10 am-12.30 pm
HamiltonFerrybank Reception & Conference Centre
Grantham St
Wed 23 August
9.30 am – 12 noon
WellingtonMeetings on The Terrace
152 The Terrace
Thu 24 August
9.30 am – 12 noon
DunedinOtago Museum
419 Great King St
Tue 29 August
9.30 am – 12 noon
ChristchurchHoliday Inn on Avon
356 Oxford Terrace
Wed 30 August
9.30 am – 12 noon

All submissions must be received by 5pm Friday 29 September 2006 (extended from Friday 8 September 2006).
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Publication availability

The consultation document is available in PDF and Word format below:

Preventing and Minimising Gambling Harm 2007–2010: Consultation document - full version (PDF, 511 KB)

Preventing and Minimising Gambling Harm 2007–2010: Consultation document - excluding figures 4 and 8 (WORD, 4 MB)
  • Figure 4: Location of gambling venues (NCGMs, casinos and TABs) throughout New Zealand (WORD, 2 MB)
  • Figure 8: Location of NCGM venues throughout New Zealand as at 31 March 2003 and 30 June 2005 (WORD, 4 MB)


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Publishing information

Date of publication: August 2006

ISBN numbers: Book 0-478-30027-1 , Website 0-478-30028-X

HP number:4284

Citation: Ministry of Health. 2006. Preventing and Minimising Gambling Harm 2007–2010: Consultation document. Wellington: Ministry of Health.

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