2005 Conference: 
Living with gambling - A global community response

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Powhiri: Waipapa Marae, 116 Wynyard Street City for 9am-10 am on Tuesday the 26th of July. click here for more

Additionally, there will be an opportunity for Tangata whenua attending the conference to meet on Wednesday the 27th July. This is a chance to network and discuss any issues or kaupapa. If anyone has an item for the agenda please email Ruth Herd, ruth@hapai.co.nz.

There will be a meeting on Wednesday for Pacific Island conference participants, a chance for discussion and networking. For further information contact Steve Niumata on 834 1114.


Tuesday 26th July, 9am to 5pm -
Motivational Interviewing Training with Rik Bes & Joel Porter

 

Programme:

Day One: Wednesday, 27 July 2005
 

7:30 – 8:15

Registration

8:15 – 8:35

Opening (mihi): Bob Hawke, Kaumatua

8:35 – 8:45

John Stansfield, PGF CEO

8:45 – 8:55

Richard Northey, Chairman of the Board, PGF; Auckland City Council

8:55 – 9:25

Hon. Damien O’Connor, Associate Minister of Health

9:25 – 9:50

Morning tea

9:50 – 10:15

Plenary: Lorna Dyall PhD, University of Auckland, “Do we need a code of ethics to  receive gambling money?”
 

10:15 - 10:30

Plenary: Steve Nuimata "Pacific People's Gambling Profile"

 

10:30 – 11:00

Plenary: Jessica Phuang, Asian Liaison Officer, Auckland Central Police

 

11:00 – 12:00

Keynote: David Grant, author of “On a Roll: A History of Gambling & Lotteries in New Zealand”
 

 

12:00 – 1:00

Lunch

 

1:00 – 2:00

Keynote: David Korn MD addiction specialist, public health physician and head of the Public Health Gambling Project, Department of Public Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine at the University of Toronto, Canada, “Global gambling expansion: Achieving the right balance”
 

 

 

Public Health/Community

Service Providers

Policy/Research/Host Responsibility

2:00 – 2:30

John Raeburn PhD, University of Auckland

Peter Adams PhD, University of Auckland

Samson Tse PhD, University of Auckland

"Moving Forward with a New Zealand Public Health Approach to Gambling"
 

Rik Bes,Centre for Motivation and Change

 

“Motivation for change: 25 years of unexpected findings and their implications for treating addictions”
 

Richard Northey, Auckland City Councillor

“Appropriate central and local government policy responses to gambling”

2:30 – 3:00

Kamilla Venner PhD, Research Assistant, Professor of Psychology, University of New Mexico

"Using Qualitative Stories to Inform Cross-cultural Treatment Recommendations."
 

Debbie Edwards, Ministry of Health

"International collaboration on funding research and the global response to gambling"

3:00 – 3:30

Major Lynette Hutson, Salvation Army, Oasis Centre, National Manager and Glenn McLennan, Salvation Army, Oasis Centre,

“Healthy communities- Can this be measured?”

John Markland, Department of Internal Affairs

"What does the Gambling Act really do to prevent and minimise harm?"

 

 

3:30 - 4:00

Afternoon tea

 

 

Public Health - Community

Service Providers

Policy/Research/Host Responsibility

4:00 – 4:30

Afa’ese Manoa, CEO, Pacificare Trust

Hyeeun Kim, PGF Coordinator of Client Services, Wenli Zhang, PGF counselor

“How to effectively work with Asian clients who self-exclude from the casino”

Samson Tse PhD, University of Auckland

“Why people gamble”

Project team: Samson Tse, Max Abbott, Dave Clarke, Sonia Townsend, Pefi Kingi, Wiremu Manaia
 

4:30 – 5:00

John Wong, PGF National Manager of Asian Services

“Public health approach for the Asian community in New Zealand”

Bruce Fruean, Social Worker/Counsellor, Pacificare Trust

“Pacific problem gambling counseling/therapeutic intervention programme

Maria Bellringer, Lana Perese, Auckland University of Technology

“Gambling Research: Can we make a difference?"

Authors: Maria Bellringer, Lana Perese & Max Abbot
 

5:00 5:30

Ruth Herd, Hapai Te Hauora Tapui

Kaupapa Maori interventions”

Tofi Hanuere, University of Auckland

"Problem Gambling: Whose responsibility?"
 

Sally Caswell PhD, Massey University, Centre for Social and Health Outcome Research and Evaluation

"Developing  and Piloting a Measure of Socio Economic Impacts of Gambling"
 

5:30 - 6:30

Maori/Pacific/Asian meetings
 

6:30 - 7:00

Cocktails

7:00 – 10:00

Dinner

 

Day Two: Thursday, 28 July 2005
 

9:00 - 10:30

Plenary: Kamilla Venner PhD, Ruth Herd. "Using focus groups to adapt efficacious treatment for indigenous people."
 

 

10:30 – 11:00

Morning tea

 

 

Streams

 

Public Health -Community

Service Providers

Policy/Research/Host Responsibility

11:00 – 11:30

David Korn MD

"Gambling advertising: Exploring the youth connection."
 

 

Kamilla Venner PhD

“A focus on recovery to improve treatment outcomes for indigenous people”

 

Sue Torkington, PGF TLA Team and Jody Tapa, Ngati Porou Hauora Problem Gambling Service

Engaging the Community - Lobbying for change - What works, what doesn’t, and what hasn’t been tried?
 

11:30 – 12:00

Elizabeth Eastwood, Executive Assistant/Manger, Operations and Administration, Victorian Local Governance Association

“Community building and problem gambling:  What are the issues?  A resource kit by the Victorian Local Governance Association”
 

 

12:00 – 1:00

Lunch

 

1:00 - 2:00

Plenary: Youth Panel Presentation:

Loris Glass, Policy & program Officer, Responsible Gambling Education with the South Australian Department of Education & Children’s Services. “Dicey dealings: A comprehensive strategy piloted in South Australian schools in 2004 & 2005”

Clare Docherty, PGF Public Health advisor. “When is it not a game? Young people living in a gambling world”

Fiona Rossen, Centre for Gambling Studies, Auckland University. "Adolescent gambling in New Zealand." 
 

 

Streams

 

Public Health - Community

Service Providers

Policy/Research/Host Responsibility

2:00 – 2:30

Peter Adams PhD, University of Auckland

Assessing the moral peril of receiving funds from the proceeds of gambling

Phil Townshend, PhD, PGF

“A potpourri of research findings and a community intervention in Nelson”

 

 

Host responsibility panel:

“What is being done to protect consumers?”

John Markland, Department of Internal Affairs

Junior Toleafoa, SkyCity

Bill Day, New Zealand Community Trust

 

2:30 – 3:00

Gabriela Byrne

“The Third Place: Recreational alternative to gaming venues”

 

Geoff Lumb, PGF Counsellor

“Group treatment: A vital role in the individual’s recovery from gambling”

3:00 – 3:30

Alecia Browne, Gambling Helpline

“Problem gambling and debt go hand-in-hand”

Nobby Clarke, Invercargill Family Start, Manager

“Family-focused services to the families of problem gamblers”

Tim O’Flaherty, Weltec student

“Measuring the general public’s attitudes towards gambling”

 

3:30 – 4:00

Afternoon tea

 

4:00 – 4:30

WAGA, Zoe Martin, PGF Public Health Team, John Hubscher, Eva Tollemache, Glenda Stanaway, Jody Wood, Jacquilin Tuatara

“What can local people in their local communities do to minimise gambling harm?”  
 

Roelien de Jong, PGF counsellor

“Gambling and narrative therapy: A work in progress”

Sean Sullivan PhD, Director, Abacus Counselling and Training Services

“The iceberg below the surface: Helping those affected by gambling who don’t access gambling treatment services”

4:30 – 5:00

Larissa King, Gambler’s Help, Australia

“The Spokespeople Project: Consumers as advocates”

 

Joel Porter PhD, Director, Pacific Centre for Motivation and Change

"The Best of Both Worlds: An Uncomplicated Marriage of Clinical Intervention and Public Health"
 

Laurie Morrison, Doctoral candidate, University of Waikato, Hamilton

“Was it a game! Did the narratives unfold and where to from here for Maori gambling service provider development”

 5:30

Closing (Whakamutunga): John Stansfield. Bob Hawke.

 


 
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