Michael Mora

And of course, this decision has been met with some criticism from the likes of the Greyhound Protection League, who are essentially saying, well, this is a desperate attempt to circumvent or subvert the legislation which has been put in place to allow these dogs to continue racing.

Emily Robertson told me that essentially the ban in New Zealand has come into place

with the express intention of protecting the welfare of dogs.

So if those dogs are then just going to go over to Australia and continue racing, it's argued that, you know, there would be welfare impacts on those animals.

The other side of the coin is that, well...

And Edward Ronell from GRNZ says, well, look, there's nothing wrong with this.

It's a legal thing that we can do.

And it's a bit rich criticising us for doing that when back here in New Zealand, when the ban comes into effect, you and I as New Zealanders can still bet on thousands of Australian races.

Well, that's the plan, absolutely.

Well, there's up to 2,900 dogs.

No, I've already got two dogs, so I'm definitely full up.

I don't want any more at our place.

But, you know, they do make pretty good pets.

I've seen a lot of people walking greyhounds over on the North Shore where I live, and...

The plan, absolutely.

And this is the job of the transition agency.

So on the 31st of July, that will be the last race.

And then on August 1, GRNZ, the industry that oversees the sport in the country at the moment, gets taken over by a new group.

And this new group is called the Greyhound Transition Agency.

It's helmed by Heather Simpson.