Manaia Tamehana — Editor
Manaia Tamehana edits the City Putt & Cruise comparisons from Auckland. He has spent more than a decade in consumer and personal-finance journalism, and here he concentrates on the fine print behind a headline bonus — deposit stages, wagering maths, currency labels and the exact point a withdrawal clock starts.
He does not open accounts, deposit money or time payouts. The work is documentary source review, and the limits of that evidence stay visible on the page rather than hidden behind a star rating.
Anahera Waititi — Writer & researcher
Anahera Waititi writes the regulation and responsible-gambling material from Wellington. Her background is in public-policy research, and she tracks the Department of Internal Affairs transition, TAB NZ sports arrangements and the difference between a foreign operator claim and a New Zealand authorisation.
She keeps the support resources on every page and treats choosing not to gamble as a valid outcome of any comparison.
What the byline means on a review
A review’s date records the source-checking edition, not a promise that the operator’s terms cannot change later. The source list shows the pages used and the review notes identify missing or conflicting information. A source labelled blocked is a record of a gap, not evidence supporting a claim.
The named author is accountable for how the sources were read and presented. It is not a claim that a writer has personally deposited, played or withdrawn at every operator: where a figure comes from operator terms or a secondary record, the review says so.
Our editorial standard
Each writer is accountable for the claims under their name. We do not describe documentary comparisons as hands-on reviews, and we do not decorate a page with a professional title we cannot evidence. If a reviewer ever performs a real payment test, it will be documented with the date, account eligibility, method, currency, requested amount and start and finish points — and labelled as such.
Until then, every assessment links its sources and identifies the research edition. Where a source is blocked, stale or contradictory, the review explains the limit instead of smoothing it over.
Corrections and conflicts of interest
Commercial lineup position and research findings are different things. A brand can appear first in a supplied list while having substantial unanswered questions. We preserve that distinction and explain it in our commercial disclosure.
For a correction, identify the page, the specific claim and a current primary source. Do not send identification documents or gambling-account credentials. The contact page explains the information needed for an editorial report.