About us
Who runs this New Zealand casino ranking
Winecurator is an independent review desk based in New Zealand. We rank offshore casino sites that accept Kiwi players, hold a Curaçao or Malta Gaming Authority licence, and settle balances in New Zealand dollars. Nobody on the desk works for an operator, and no brand can buy a higher position. Our editor, Kelvin Maraetai, signs the ranking and takes responsibility for every figure printed on it.
How a casino earns its score
Each brand is opened as an ordinary account, funded through POLi or a card, and cashed out at least once. We time the withdrawal from request to cleared funds, read the bonus terms line by line, count the pokies actually reachable from a New Zealand IP address, and message support during New Zealand hours. Scores move when the evidence moves, and a brand that slows its cashier drops.
How we pay for the work
Some links on this site are commercial. When a reader opens an account through one, the operator pays us a fee, and that fee funds the testing. It never changes a score, a ranking position or a drawback we have written. If an operator asks us to remove a criticism, we publish the request instead of the change.