TERMS OF USE

By using our website you agree to the below terms & conditions.

NZKGI Terms and Conditions

Terms and Conditions:
Welcome to the website of NZ Kiwifruit Growers Inc. (“NZKGI”).  These Terms and Conditions apply to your use of this website.  By using this website, you are deemed to have read and agree to be bound by these Terms and Conditions.  If you do not accept these Terms and Conditions, you must leave this website immediately.

Privacy Policy:
As well as these Terms and Conditions the Privacy Policy also apples to your access to and use of the website.  You should ensure that you read the Privacy Policy in conjunction with these Terms and Conditions.  By accessing this website you are deemed to have read and agree to be bound by the Privacy Policy as well as these Terms and Conditions.

Amendments:
NZKGI reserves the right to amend these Terms and Conditions from time to time.  Amendments will be effective immediately upon being placed on this website.  Your continued use of the website following such amendments being placed on this website will represent an agreement by you to be bound by the Terms and Conditions as amended.  Such amendments may include replacing these Terms and Conditions with entirely new Terms and Conditions.

Intellectual Property:
Unless otherwise stated, NZKGI is the owner of all copyright, trademarks and other intellectual property rights in this site or has a valid right to use such copyright, trademarks and other intellectual property rights in this site.  This includes without limitation all intellectual property rights in respect of all text, graphics, logos, images and any downloads that may be offered on this website.  NZKGI’s ownership of and right to use such intellectual property is protected by both New Zealand and international law.

Licence:
NZKGI grants you a limited licence (“Licence”) for the purpose of accessing and making personal use of this site. Any contravention by you of these Terms and Conditions terminates the Licence immediately. Under no circumstances, without the prior written approval of NZKGI, may you adapt, reproduce, store, distribute, print, display, publish or create derivative works from any part of this website other than in accordance with the Licence. You shall not use any data gathering and extraction tools or software to extract information from this site. You shall not frame or utilize framing techniques to enclose any of the contents of this website without NZKGI’s express prior permission.  You may not use any meta tags or other hidden text which incorporate NZKGI’s name or any of its intellectual property including trademarks without the NZKGI’s express prior permission. Using any information or content included on this website other than in accordance with the terms of the Licence is strictly prohibited.  You agree to fully indemnify NZKGI for any loss or damage it may suffer in contract, tort, equity, statute, regulation or otherwise, including without limitation any economic loss, loss of turnover, profits, business or goodwill, whether direct or consequential, in respect of any third party claims against NZKGI its related parties, employees, contractors or agents, that may arise as a result of your breach of the Licence.

Proprietary Notices:
In the event that you are granted permission by NZKGI to use this website or any portion of it or its content other than for personal use, subject to any contrary agreement you reach with NZKGI, you must ensure that all copyright, trademark and other proprietary notices contained in the content are retained.

Content:
While NZKGI has endeavoured to take all reasonable and appropriate care in the preparation of the content of this website and has no reason to believe that any information contained on this website is inaccurate, NZKGI does not warrant the accuracy, adequacy, or completeness of such information or that such information is error free.  NZKGI does not undertake to keep this website updated.  NZKGI does not accept liability for any loss or damage which may result either directly or indirectly from reliance by you upon the accuracy or currency of information contained on this website including without limitation where such loss or damage is a result of or contributed to by the negligence of NZKGI.

Linked Websites:
This website may contain links to other websites (“linked websites”).  Those links are provided for convenience only and may not remain current or be maintained.  NZKGI is not responsible for the content or privacy practices associated with linked websites.  Our links with linked websites should not be construed as an endorsement, approval or recommendation by us of the owners or operators of those linked websites, or of any information, graphics, materials, products or services referred to or contained on those linked websites including further links contained on those linked websites, unless and to the extent stipulated to the contrary.

Accessing:
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.  NZKGI does not accept responsibility for any interference or damage to your computer system which may arise in connection with your use of this website or any linked website.

Exclusion of Warranty:
To the fullest extent permitted by law, in relation to your access and use of this website any condition or warranty either express or which would otherwise be implied by law into these Terms and Conditions is hereby excluded.

Exclusion of Liability:
Under no circumstances will NZKGI, its employees or its agents be liable to you in contract, tort, equity, statute, regulation or otherwise for any loss, damage, costs, legal costs, professional and other expenses of any nature whatsoever incurred or suffered by you or by any other third party, whether direct or consequential (including without limitation any economic loss or other loss of turnover, profits, business or goodwill) arising out of any dispute or contractual, tortious or other claims or proceedings made by or brought against you which relate in any way to your access and use of the website or in respect of any failure or omission on the part of NZKGI to comply with its obligations as set out in these Terms and Conditions in respect of your access and use of the website.

Limitation of Liability:
In the event that any limitation or provision contained in these Terms and Conditions is held to be invalid or unenforceable for any reason and NZKGI becomes liable for any loss or damage that would otherwise have been excluded, NZKGI’s maximum liability in contract, tort, equity, statute, regulation or otherwise for any loss, damage or injury directly or indirectly arising in respect of your access and use of the website is to be limited to $50 in New Zealand currency.

Jurisdiction:
This website is governed by and is to be interpreted in accordance with the laws of New Zealand and in all matters relating to or arising from your use of the website, you agree to submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the Courts of New Zealand.

Disputes:
In the event that you have a dispute in respect of the content of this website or relating to or arising from your use of this website you must immediately notify NZKGI in writing giving details of the dispute. If NZKGI and yourself cannot resolve the dispute within ten (10) working days, it will then be submitted to mediation by a mediator agreed to by both yourself and NZKGI or, failing agreement, appointed by the President for the time being of the Arbitrators and Mediators Institute of New Zealand. If the matter is not resolved by mediation within ten (10) workings days from there, the matter will be submitted for arbitration of a single arbitrator to be appointed by the President for the time being of the Arbitrators and Mediators Institute of New Zealand in accordance with the Arbitration Act 1996 (NZ). Unless agreed otherwise by NZKGI, all such mediation and arbitration proceedings shall take place at a venue in New Zealand to be chosen by NZKGI acting entirely at its own discretion and shall be conducted in the English Language. All costs in relation to the staging of such proceedings (excluding for the avoidance of doubt any awards which may be made) shall be borne equally by the parties unless explicitly stipulated otherwise by the arbitrator or agreed otherwise by the parties.

Failure to Comply:
NZKGI accepts no liability for any failure to comply with these Terms and Conditions where such failure is due to circumstances beyond its reasonable control.

Waiver:
If NZKGI waives any rights available to it under these Terms and Conditions on one occasion, this does not mean that those rights will automatically be waived on any other occasion.

Severability:
If any of these Terms and Conditions is held to be invalid, void, unenforceable or illegal for any reason, such provision shall be deemed to be severed from these Terms and Conditions and the remaining Terms and Conditions shall continue in full force.

Queries:
If you have any queries in regard to these Terms and Conditions please do not hesitate to contact us.