Last updated: June 2026 — James Wilson, Nodewatch
Last updated: January 2026. This disclosure applies to all content published on Nodewatch (nodewatch.co.nz).
Nodewatch is a free-to-use review and information website focused on online pokies and casino operators available to players in New Zealand. To keep this site running and free for readers, Nodewatch may earn a commission when you click on certain links on this website and subsequently register or deposit at an online casino or pokies operator.
These arrangements are known as affiliate partnerships. When you click a link marked as a casino recommendation or use a bonus link on this site, Nodewatch may receive a referral fee or revenue-share payment from the operator. This payment comes at no additional cost to you. You pay exactly the same as any other player, and any welcome bonuses or promotions listed are not reduced by our affiliate relationship.
An affiliate link is a specially tracked URL that tells an online casino where a new player came from. When you click one of these links and create an account, the casino records that you arrived via Nodewatch and pays us a commission based on the agreed arrangement. This is a standard practice across the online casino review industry and is how most independent review websites fund their operations.
Not every link on Nodewatch is an affiliate link. Some operators are listed and discussed purely for informational purposes without any commercial arrangement in place.
It does not. The existence of an affiliate relationship with an operator does not influence the rating, ranking, or content of any review published on Nodewatch.
All reviews and recommendations published on this site are written by James Wilson, the owner and primary author of Nodewatch. James has spent years evaluating online pokies platforms available to New Zealand players, with a focus on payout speeds, game fairness, licensing standards, and the overall player experience. His assessments are based on independent testing and publicly available data, not on commercial relationships.
Operators with affiliate agreements are held to exactly the same review standards as those without. If a casino performs poorly in testing, that will be reflected in the published review regardless of any commercial arrangement. Nodewatch has declined to recommend operators and has published negative findings about platforms even where a potential affiliate relationship existed.
To give readers an honest picture of each platform, James Wilson evaluates online pokies sites across the following criteria:
Ratings are assigned based on performance across all of these areas combined. No single factor, including the size of a potential commission, influences the final score.
In accordance with the guidelines of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and general best practices for transparent online publishing, Nodewatch clearly discloses all material connections between this website and third-party operators. Where affiliate links appear within individual review pages, additional inline disclosures are provided.
If you have any questions about how Nodewatch earns revenue, how reviews are conducted, or whether a specific operator has a commercial relationship with this site, you are welcome to contact James Wilson directly through the contact page at nodewatch.co.nz. Transparency with our readers is a core principle of how this site operates.