Television New Zealand Limited - Competition terms and conditions
1. These terms and conditions together with any specific rules
set out in Competition Notices (as defined below) are the
Competition Rules ( " Rules") and apply to competitions included on
the
www.tvnz.co.nz website ( "
Competition") , unless otherwise expressly stated. By entering a
Competition, entrants agree to be bound by these Rules.
2. Rules specific to each Competition are displayed in a notice
included on the
www.tvnz.co.nz
web page posting for such Competition ("the Competition Notice ")
and are incorporated herein. In the event of discrepancy between
these terms and conditions and the Competition Notice, the
Competition Notice shall prevail.
3. Television New Zealand Limited (" TVNZ ") reserves the right to
cancel or amend the Competition, the Competition Notice or these
Rules at any time without prior notice. Any changes will be posted
either within the Competition Notice or these Rules.
4. In the event of any dispute regarding the Rules, Competition
Notice, conduct, results and all other matters relating to a
Competition, the decision of TVNZ shall be final and no
correspondence or discussion shall be entered into.
Qualifying Entrants
5. To qualify to enter the Competition you must be resident in New
Zealand.
6. Employees of TVNZ or any company involved in the Competition or,
if relevant, production of a television programme to which a
Competition relates, or any advertising agency or web company
connected with TVNZ or any such persons subsidiary or associated
companies, agents or members of their families or households, are
not eligible to enter the Competition. TVNZ reserves the right to
verify the eligibility of all entrants.
7. Additional eligibility requirements may apply to a specific
Competition, eg a valid passport, visas and/or drivers licence will
be required if the Competition is a car or includes travel outside
New Zealand and/or car hire.
8. By entering the Competition, you hereby warrant that all
information submitted by you is true, current and complete.
9. TVNZ reserves the right to disqualify any entrant if it has
reasonable grounds to believe the entrant has breached any of these
terms and conditions.
10. In the event that any entrant is disqualified from the
Competition, TVNZ in its sole discretion may decide whether a
replacement should be selected. In this event, any further entrant
will be selected on the same criteria as the original entrant and
will be subject to these Rules.
Competition Entries
11. Only one entry per person per Competition is allowed and
multiple entries will result in an entrant being disqualified.
Where a winner has been selected and TVNZ discovers or has
reasonable grounds to believe the winner has made more than one
entry, TVNZ reserves the right to select an alternative winner. Any
further entrant will be selected on the same criteria as the
original entrant and will be subject to these Rules.
12. Competition entries must be made in the manner and by the
closing date specified on the Competition Notice. Failure to do so
will disqualify the entry.
13. Proof of posting or emailing cannot be accepted as proof of
delivery. TVNZ cannot accept responsibility for any error,
omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or
transmission, communications line failure, theft, destruction,
alteration of, or unauthorised access to entries, or entries lost
or delayed whether or not arising during operation or transmission
as a result of server functions, virus, bugs or other causes
outside its control.
14. Entrants should note that unless stated otherwise, TVNZ does
not accept responsibility for the return of any Competition
entries, including those consisting of artistic or other
material.
15. You must answer all questions on the Competition form to be
eligible.
16. Competition participants (" Competitors ") must be 17 years of
age or more.
17. The Competitors biographical details and names and photographs
and audiovisual recordings of the Competitors may be used for
publicity purposes in all media by TVNZ and Competitors agree that
they must make themselves available for this purpose.
18. Competitors agree that they will, if requested by TVNZ, appear
in a trailer or other advertisement designed to promote the
Programme.
19. Where the prize is a trip, Competitors agree that the winner
will make themselves available on request for the recording of all
parts of the trip, that the recording may be edited at the
discretion of TVNZ and that TVNZ may transmit and authorise the
transmission of the edited recording, together with their
photographs and biographical material, for any purpose (except
commercial endorsement) and by any means throughout the world in
perpetuity.
20. Where the prize is a trip, the prize does not include the cost
of passports, visas, medical expenses, spending money, airport or
hotel transfers, travel or personal insurance, items of a personal
nature, meals or beverages (except for dinners), airport or port
taxes, government taxes or levies, laundry, telephone calls,
additional nights or room upgrades. The prize is non-transferable
and not redeemable for cash. All components of the prize must be
taken together.
21. It is a condition of accepting a travel prize that the winner
may be requested to present a credit card upon arrival at the hotel
to cover all incidentals which may be incurred.
22. TVNZ reserves the right to conduct security verification checks
in relation to the prize winner at its absolute discretion. The
prize winner may be required to sign a declaration confirming
eligibility to accept the prize.
23. The prize winner is advised that tax implications may arise
from prize winnings and independent financial advice should be
sought prior to acceptance of the prize.
24. Prize winners will be notified in the manner and within the
time specified on the Competition Notice. Return of any prize
notification as undeliverable or failure to reply as specified in
the notification within the time stated therein may result in
disqualification and selection of an alternate winner. If more than
one prize is awarded only one prize per entrant will be
awarded.
25. Claims for prizes must be made in the manner and within the
time specified on the Competition Notice. Failure to claim a prize
within this time or in the manner specified may result in
disqualification and selection of an alternate winner.
26. Prizes are non-transferable and there is no cash alternative.
TVNZ reserves the right to substitute prizes of equal or greater
value at any time.
27. All taxes, insurances, transfers, spending money and other
expenses (including meals or personal expenses, upgrades, etc) as
the case may be, unless specifically stated, are the sole
responsibility of the prize winner.
28. If for any reason this Competition is not capable of running as
planned including, but not limited to infection by computer virus,
bugs, tampering, unauthorised intervention, fraud, technical
failures or any other causes beyond the control of TVNZ which
corrupts or affects the administration, security, fairness,
integrity or proper conduct of the Competition, TVNZ reserves the
right in its sole discretion to cancel, terminate, modify or
suspend the Competition.
29. To the full extent permitted by law, TVNZ will not be liable to
the winner in respect of any claim for any loss, damage or injury
whatsoever (including, without limitation, any consequential,
indirect, special, punitive or incidental damages) or for any
physical or mental injury suffered by the winner or friend as a
result of or in connection with the Competition or by reason of the
utilisation or application of any prize won in the
Competition.
30. TVNZ respects privacy rights under the Privacy Act 1993 and is
required to comply with the privacy principles in respect of the
collection of personal information from individuals.
31. These terms and conditions shall be governed by and construed
in accordance with the laws of New Zealand and shall be subject to
the non-exclusive jurisdiction of New Zealand courts.
