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Millie Elder-Holmes

Māori ‘wellness’ influencer cashing in on gambling addiction

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Matua Kahurangi
Jun 28, 2025
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Millie Elder-Holmes has spent years painting herself as a spiritual Māori wellness guru on Instagram. With her polished yoga poses, açai bowls, and meditative captions, she’s amassed over 120,000 followers. Behind the soothing colour palette and faux positivity is a reality far uglier. Millie has been caught promoting offshore gambling sites to her audi…

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