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WEBSITE TERMS OF USE

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1. TERMS OF USE

This website is owned by the Wakatipu High School Foundation (WHSF) a registered New Zealand charity, charity number CC49702.

Your use of this website is governed by these Terms of Use and our Privacy Policy. Please read these Terms of Use and our Privacy Policy before using this website. By accessing and browsing this website:

  • You acknowledge that you have read and understood and agree to be bound by these Terms of Use and our Privacy Policy; and

  • When your access and use is on behalf of another person, you confirm that you are authorised to, and do in fact, agree to these Terms of Use on that person’s behalf  and that by agreeing to these Terms of Use on that person’s behalf, that person is bound by these Terms of Use.

If these Terms of Use and the Privacy Policy are not acceptable to you, do not use this website.

A reference to “we”, “us”, “WHSF” or “our” in these Terms of Use is a reference to Wakatipu High School Foundation, and any reference to “you” or “your” refers to you.

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2. RIGHT TO USE WEBSITE & CONTENT

Subject to the Intellectual Property term set out below, you may access, view, produce and print the content on this website for personal, informational and non-commercial purposes provided you include a prominent written acknowledgement of the WHSF’s rights in the relevant content.

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3. DONATIONS

Any donation made through this website is subject to these Terms of Use and our Privacy Policy. Please read the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy carefully before using this website to make an online donation.

Donations on this website are made through a third-party program called Vega and through a secure payment portal Stripe. Event Tickets are purchased through WIX and utilizing a secure payment portal Stripe. In these instances, the terms, conditions and privacy policies of Vega, Wix and Stripe apply. 

To the extent permitted by law: all warranties, representations and guarantees (whether express, implied or statutory) are excluded, including without limitation the suitability, fitness for purpose, accuracy or completeness of this website or the content on, or accessed through, it, or any products or services obtained from the website; WHSF will not be liable for any damage, loss or expenses, or indirect losses or consequential damages of any kind, suffered or incurred by you in connection with your access to Wix, Vega and Stripe; and WHSF will not be liable for any damage, loss or expenses, or indirect losses or consequential damages of any kind, suffered or incurred by you in connection with any donations or purchases made via Vega, Wix and Stripe.

 

4. CONTENT

WHSF endeavours to ensure information on this website is current and accurate, and it has been compiled in good faith. WHSF will endeavour to correct any errors on this website but does not accept any liability for mistakes or out-of-date information.

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5. THIRD PARTY WEBSITES & HYPER-LINKING

All links and references to other websites, organisations or people not within WHSF are provided for the user's convenience only and should not be taken as endorsement of those websites, or of the information contained in those websites, nor of organisations or people referred to. If you have comments or questions relating to sites linked to this one, they should be directed to the relevant branch or organisation. WHSF does not implicitly or impliedly endorse any website, organisation or people who may have off-website links to this website.

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6. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

All intellectual property on this website, including without limitation, the text, graphics and copyright works is owned by WHSF or used by WHSF under licence from the copyright owner. All photos remain copyright of the photographer and may not be copied or reproduced in any format without obtaining written permissions from the photographer.

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For permission to use the WHSF logos or branding, please contact exec@whsf.nz with your request, including the reason you require use of any of these logos or branding.

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7. ADDITIONAL TERMS

You may need to agree to additional terms and conditions for particular services, promotions or competitions which may be made available to you from time to time through this website. Any such additional terms will be read in conjunction with these Terms of Use. In the event of any inconsistency between these Terms of Use and any additional terms and conditions, the additional terms and conditions will prevail for those particular services, promotions or competitions.

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8. DISCLAIMER

The information provided on this website is for general guidance only. Users of the information contained on this website must make their own assessment of the suitability and appropriateness of the products, services and information for their particular use.

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9. EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY

To the extent permitted by law:

  • All warranties, representations and guarantees (whether express, implied or statutory) are excluded, including without limitation the suitability, fitness for purpose, accuracy or completeness of this website or the content on, or accessed through, it, or any products or services obtained from the website.;

  • WHSF will not be liable for any damage, loss or expenses, or indirect losses or consequential damages of any kind, suffered or incurred by you in connection with your access to or use of this website, or the content on, or accessed through, this website; and

  •  WHSF will not be liable for any damage, loss or expenses, or indirect losses or consequential damages of any kind, suffered or incurred by you in connection with any products or services obtained from this website.

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If the Consumer Guarantees Act 1993 applies, you may have rights or remedies which are not excluded or limited under this clause. If you are using this website or its content for business purposes, the above exclusions and limits will apply, and the Consumer Guarantees Act 1993 will not apply.

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The exclusions and limits set out in these Terms of Use will also operate for the benefit of the WHSF partners, relevant suppliers, sponsors, third party sponsors, licensors and agents of WHSF which WHSF use to provide the website.

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10. SPECIFIC WARNINGS

Your access and use of this website is at your own risk.

You must ensure that your access to this website is not illegal or prohibited by laws which apply to you. You must take your own precautions to ensure that the process which you employ for accessing this website does not expose you to the risk of viruses, malicious computer code or other forms of interference which may damage your own computer system. For the removal of doubt, we do not accept responsibility for any interference or damage to your own computer system which arises in connection with your use of this website or any linked website.

Whilst we have no reason to believe that any information contained on this website is inaccurate, we do not warrant the accuracy, adequacy or completeness of such information, nor do we undertake to keep this website updated. We do not accept responsibility for loss suffered as a result of reliance by you upon the accuracy or currency of information contained on this website.

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11. SECURITY OF INFORMATION

Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed as totally secure. Whilst WHSF strives to protect such information, we do not warrant and cannot ensure the security of any information which you transmit to us. Accordingly, any information which you transmit to us is transmitted at your own risk. Nevertheless, once we receive your transmission we will take reasonable steps to preserve the security of such information. You should never share your secure information and/or user details with any other person.

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12. PERSONAL INFORMATION

All personal information regarding a user of this website is handled in accordance with our Privacy Policy.

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13.INDEMNITY

You agree to indemnify WHSF, relevant suppliers, licensors and agents of WHSF in respect of any loss, damage, cost or expense (including reasonable enforcement costs, whether incurred on a solicitor and own client base or otherwise) suffered or incurred by WHSF as a result of any inaccurate or incomplete information provided by you to WHSF or any breach by you of any of your obligations under these Terms of Use or any other applicable terms and conditions for other services, promotions or competitions on this website (including any acts or omissions of your employees, contractors or agents).

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14.AMENDMENTS

WHSF may amend these Terms of Use from time to time. Amendments will be effective immediately upon notification on this website. By continuing to use this website after any such amendment, you are deemed to have agreed to the amended Terms of Use.

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15. PARTIAL INVALIDITY/SEVERANCE

If any provision of these Terms of Use is or becomes invalid or unenforceable, that provision will be deemed deleted from these Terms of Use. The invalidity or unenforceability of that provision will not affect the other provisions of these Terms of Use, all of which will remain in full force and effect to the extent permitted by law, subject to any modifications made necessary by the deletion of the invalid or unenforceable provision. No waiver of any provision of these Terms of Use shall be deemed a continuing waiver of such provision or any other provision.

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16. TERMINATION OF ACCESS

Access to this website may be terminated at any time by WHSF. The terms of the disclaimer will survive any such termination.

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17. GOVERNING LAW AND JURISDICTION

This website is governed by the laws of New Zealand. The New Zealand courts shall have jurisdiction for any action or proceeding arising out of or related to the Terms of Use, Terms of Trade and Privacy Policy.

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