About us
Who publishes awahawaiki.nz
awahawaiki.nz is run by four writers based between Wellington and Tauranga who have covered offshore gambling operators for New Zealand readers since 2019. Callan Kaimata carries editorial responsibility for everything published here, including the ranking order and every figure quoted in a review.
Our scoring model is fixed before a casino is opened: licence and ownership, acceptance of New Zealand players, the NZD rails on the cashier, published return-to-player figures, the quoted withdrawal window, the mobile browser experience, and the wording of the bonus terms. Each of those carries a stated weight, and a brand that fails the licence check is not listed at any weight.
We fund our own accounts. No operator sees a review before it goes live, and no operator can buy a position in the table. Affiliate commissions pay for the site, which is why the ranking criteria are published rather than described in general terms.
Figures move. When a casino changes a cashier window, a bonus ceiling or a game count, the review and the comparison tables are corrected at the next verification round rather than left to age quietly.