Author profile · 11 years in the industry
Manaia Kerr [September 2026]: Betting Editor at outofthewoods.co.nz
Prices offshore books against TAB NZ every week and reads odds as overrounds.
Betting Editor
Biography
Manaia spent a decade on the trading side before moving to publishing, which is why every price on this site is quoted as a margin rather than a headline. They run the weekly price comparison against TAB NZ across NPC, Super Rugby Pacific, the ANZ Premiership, the NRL and New Zealand thoroughbred and harness racing.
Credentials
- Eleven years in sports trading and odds compilation
- Runs the weekly TAB NZ price-comparison sample
- Covers NPC, Super Rugby, ANZ Premiership, NRL and NZ racing
Areas of expertise
Sports and racing markets, margins, in-play, TAB NZ comparison
Pages Manaia owns
Manaia Kerr 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
Manaia Kerr 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. Manaia 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 →Aroha Tainui
Regulation & Compliance Editor — Writes everything on this site that touches the law, from primary sources only.
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 →Contact Manaia Kerr through the editorial inbox: [email protected].