Could I please have a breakdown of gambling statistics for Wairoa, Hawke's Bay - particularly pokie machines, including per capita statistics, and where they sit nationally e.g. top 5 districts.
I produce short-form video news stories in Wairoa. I would like to produce a short-form video news story about gambling in Wairoa, Hawkes Bay. There have been two media releases recently: one reports Wairoa as having the highest per capita pokies spend, the other reports it as having the third highest spend per capita.
Opening this data would clarify the discrepancy between the two media releases to date.
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Agency responded
Emma Atkins (Department of Internal Affairs)
Kia ora,
The Department has prepared a dataset and letter in response to your request above. I am not able to publish it directly to this page, and publishing on the website will take a bit more time. I can however provide it to you directly today if you are able to send me your email address (to Emma. Atkins@dia.govt.nz).
When the information is published it will be at a different location so I will provide a link in the comments when completed.
Ngā mihi Emma
Emma Atkins
Manager Accountability
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Taylor
That`s correct