Author profile · 9 years in the industry
Aroha Tainui [September 2026]: Regulation & Compliance Editor at outofthewoods.co.nz
Writes everything on this site that touches the law, from primary sources only.
Regulation & Compliance Editor
Biography
Aroha writes every page here that touches legislation. They read the Online Casino Gambling Act 2026, the Online Casino Gambling Regulations 2026, the Gambling Act 2003 and the Department of Internal Affairs’ provider guidance in the original rather than in other people’s summaries, which is why our legal pages cite section numbers, fee amounts and commencement dates instead of paraphrasing a press release.
Credentials
- LLB, Victoria University of Wellington
- Writes to primary legislation and DIA guidance only
- Tracks the DIA online casino licensing programme stage by stage
Areas of expertise
New Zealand gambling law, DIA licensing, harm minimisation
Pages Aroha owns
Aroha Tainui writes and maintains the following pages. Each one is re-checked monthly and carries both the last-updated date and the date of the next scheduled review.
Editorial approach
Aroha Tainui works to the standards set out on our methodology page: published weights, evidence collected first-hand, sample sizes attached to every measured figure, and a second editor fact-checking before publication. Aroha does not accept operator input on drafts and does not write outside the beat above.
The rest of the team
Jordan Whitcombe
Editor-in-Chief — Runs the withdrawal-timing programme and signs off every ranking on this site.
Profile →Priya Raman
Payments & Data Editor — Owns the payments datasets — deposit rails, FX spreads and timed cashouts.
Profile →Sam Kavanagh
Games & Live Casino Editor — Audits game libraries, RTP configurations and live dealer floors from an NZ IP.
Profile →Manaia Kerr
Betting Editor — Prices offshore books against TAB NZ every week and reads odds as overrounds.
Profile →Contact Aroha Tainui through the editorial inbox: [email protected].