Online hui: Responding to gambling harm

In Aotearoa New Zealand, legal gambling is widespread, with people spending around $2.6 billion per year. This number is expected to increase with the growing popularity of online gambling - local and offshore.

Gambling harm occurs on a continuum and varies in severity and impact. Research has shown that Māori (3.13 times), Pacific (2.56 times) and Asian (9.5 times) people are more likely to experience gambling harm than the European/others population.

Research has also shown that people with other co-existing conditions (smoking, depression, anxiety, substance abuse, etc.) are likely to be associated with gambling harm.

1. Understand gambling and gambling harm.
2. Know how to apply screening tools.
3. Be able to administer a brief intervention.
4. Know when and where to refer to gambling support services. 

Registration

Please register your interest to attend this free Teams hui on the Asian Family Services website or via email.

About the facilitators

Associate Professor Simone Rodda is a lecturer in Psychology at AUT University and a researcher in addiction studies. She specialises in preventing and treating behavioural addictions, particularly gambling harm, and developing digital health support. With 25 years of experience in the addictions field, she has worked across gambling, alcohol and other drugs, and smoking cessation as a counsellor and service manager. She has also led professional development workshops across industry and academia and delivered DAPAANZ registration courses in New Zealand.

Kelly Feng is the CEO of Asian Family Services, bringing nearly two decades of experience in the mental health, addiction, and social sectors. In 2021, she was awarded a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for her commitment and significant contributions to health and Asian communities.