Billions of dollars from Lotto's gambling profits have been handed out using an incoherent funding model, that sees Maori, Pasifika and other minority groups miss out.
The Department of Internal Affairs has done its first review of the lottery grants system.
The Minister of Internal Affairs Jan Tinetti is now considering cutting the link between gambling and charity.
Photo: RNZ / Cole Eastham-Farrelly
Guyon Espiner reports.
