A pou sharing the thoughts of Te Atatu Intermediate School students about gambling in their communities will be on display in Mangere today as part of an event to mark Gamble Harm Awareness week.

Project leader Brooke Stilwell intends to facilitate the development of a partner pou by the Mangere community.

She says Te Atatu tamariki saw pokies as massive colourful, cool, awesome, fun looking machines that older people put money in and win.

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Eight pubs and clubs in Whanganui have agreed to "pause the pokie machines" for one hour on Wednesday in recognition of Gambling Harm Awareness Week.

For the last two years local Maori development organisation, Nga Tai O Te Awa, have run the initiative as part of Problem Gambling Foundation's national campaign.

Gambling harm promoter from Nga Tai O Te Awa, Hini Potaka-Gardiner, said the aim was to target working people who might have a gambling addiction.

Pubs and clubs in Lower Hutt to ‘pause the pokies’ for Gambling Harm Awareness Week

Seven pubs and clubs in Lower Hutt have agreed to ‘pause the pokie machines’ for one hour in recognition of Gambling Harm Awareness Week, 4-10 September 2017.

The move is part of a campaign run by the Problem Gambling Foundation, Mapu Maia, Asian Family Services and the Salvation Army Oasis to raise awareness about the harm caused by gambling and particularly pokies.

The Pasifika Ola Lelei Services (POLS) Gambling Team of South Seas Healthcare Trust and Raukura Hauora O Tainui have revealed their plans for this year’s upcoming National Gambling Harm Awareness Week (Sept. 4th – Sept. 8th) and it includes holding several public activities in order to promote Public interest and awareness.