75397 (2024). Hon Jan Tinetti to the Minister of Internal Affairs

75397 (2024). Hon Jan Tinetti to the Minister of Internal Affairs: Does she agree with Nicola Willis that “Other countries that have set up licensing regimes of this sort have been able to use geo-blocking and other measures to enforce those licensing regimes. It would be pretty simple. It would go like this: If you’re providing an online gambling service in New Zealand and you are not licensed and you are not registered, you will be shut down,” if not, why not?

Hon Brooke van Velden: Geo-blocking or filtering was considered, however due to the advice I received from officials this option was discounted because it is easy to circumvent via VPN and is very resource intensive compared to other options. The Department of Internal Affairs as the regulator will have other enforcement mechanisms including take-down notices and strong relationships with regulators in other jurisdictions.