These terms and conditions (“Terms”) apply to your use and the engagement of the www.kaikourawildlifecentretrust.org website (“Website”). In these Terms, “Trust”, "us", "we" or "our" are references to the Kaikōura Wildlife Centre Trust (KWCT) and Kaikōura Wildlife Hospital project; and “You” and “Your” are references to you and any person on whose behalf you are acting. By accessing and using the Website you agree to these Terms. If you do not agree, then you are not authorised to use or access the Website.

We reserve the right to modify the Terms at any time, effective upon posting an updated version of the Terms on the Website. When we do, we will revise the date of the Terms below. Continued use or access of the Website after any such changes constitutes your acceptance of those changes.

You must use the Website in a manner that complies with all applicable laws and regulations, and you agree not to damage or harm the Website or any underlying or connected network or system.

You may not use the Website to publish content or engage in activity that is illegal under applicable law, that is harmful to others, or that would subject us to liability, including, without limitation:

(a) distributing malware or other malicious code;

(b) disclosing sensitive personal information about others;

(c) collecting, or attempting to collect, personal information about third parties without their knowledge or consent;

(d) threatening harm to persons or property or otherwise harassing behaviour; or

(e) infringing the intellectual property or other proprietary rights of others.

Information on the Website is for general information purposes only. Please seek professional assistance should you require it.

All information on the Website is provided "as is", with no guarantee of completeness, accuracy or timeliness of the results obtained from the use of this information, and without warranty of any kind, express or implied.

Occasionally there may be information on the Website that contains inaccuracies or omissions that may relate to the information or products described on it. We reserve the right to correct any errors, inaccuracies or omissions, and to change or update information at any time and without prior notice.

No specified update or refresh date applied on the Website should be taken to indicate that all information on the Website has been modified or updated.

To the maximum extent permitted by law, neither KWCT, nor its partners, employees or agents, is liable to you or anyone else for any loss or damage (whether direct or indirect including, without limitation, consequential, special or similar damages) arising in connection with:

(a) any decision made or action taken in reliance on the information on the Website;

(b) any errors in, or omission from, any information or any results obtained from use of information on the Website;

(c) the Website being unavailable (in whole or in part) or performing slowly;

(d) any exposure to viruses or other forms of interference which may damage your computer system or expose you to fraud when you access or use the Website;

(e) any site linked from the Website.

KWCT (and its licensors or suppliers, as applicable) own all intellectual property rights in the Website, including, without limitation, all information, data, text, trademarks, service marks, graphics, artwork, photographs, logos, icons and sound recordings, and all software code and systems underlying and forming part of the Website. These Terms do not transfer to you any intellectual property owned by KWCT or third-parties. Your use of our Website grants you no right or license to reproduce or otherwise use any KWCT or third-party trademarks.

Although this Website may link to other websites, we do not imply any approval, association, sponsorship, endorsement, or affiliation with any linked website. We are not responsible for examining or evaluating, and we do not warrant the offerings of, any businesses or individuals or the content of their websites. You should carefully review the legal statements and other conditions of use of any website which you access through a link from this Website. The linking to any other off-site websites is at your own risk.

The Kaikōura Wildlife Centre Trust (the “Trust”) and Kaikōura Wildlife Hospital (the “Hospital”) project complies with the New Zealand Privacy Act 1993 (the “Act”) when engaging with personal information. Personal information is information about an identifiable individual and your privacy is very important to us. Accordingly, we have developed this Policy in order for you to understand how we collect, use, communicate and disclose and make use of personal information. This policy does not limit or exclude any of your rights under the Act.

We may periodically update this policy by uploading a revised policy to our Website. The change will apply from the date that we upload the revised policy.

Our Website uses cookies. Cookies are pieces of data stored in text files that are saved on your computer or other devices when websites are loaded in a browser. Cookies are used to offer visitors the best possible experience when accessing and navigating a website, and also to enable website owners to collect aggregated data (i.e. not names or email addresses) about how visitors use a website.

You can change your browser settings to delete cookies that have already been set, and to not accept new cookies. Please note that if you delete cookies or do not accept them, you may not be able to use all of the features our Website offers.

We will only collect personal information by lawful and fair means and, where appropriate, with the knowledge or consent of the individual concerned.

When you visit our Website, servers automatically record information that your browser sends (but does not identify you as a specific identifiable person). This data may include information such as:

a) your IP address, browser type and version, operating system type and version and

language preferences;

b) pages of our website that you visit;

c) information you search for on our website;

d) access times and dates, and other statistics.


Before or at the time of collecting personal information, we will identify the purposes for which information is being collected. We will use your personal information solely with the objective of fulfilling those purposes specified by us and for other compatible purposes, unless we obtain the consent of the individual concerned or as required by law. These include, but are not limited to verifying your identity, to provide services and products to you, to improve the services and products that we provide for and to respond to communications from you, including complaints.

You can visit the Website without telling us who you are or revealing any information by which someone could identify you as a specific, identifiable individual. If however you wish to use some of our Website features, you will be asked to provide certain personal information (e.g. your name and e-mail address), which we collect.

The information we collect from you may be used to respond to your queries and emails, to improve our Website and services, and to notify you about our project and products. When you provide personal information to us, we will comply with the New Zealand Privacy Act 1993. You have the right to request access to and correction of any personal information we hold about you.

We do not share, sell, rent or trade personally identifiable information with third parties. We will take reasonable steps to keep your personal information safe from loss, unauthorised activity or other misuse. We are committed to conducting our business in accordance with these principles in order to ensure that the confidentiality of personal information is protected and maintained.

The information you provide is held in third-party commercial computer servers in what we expect and understand to be controlled, secure environments, protected from unauthorised access, use, or disclosure. We maintain reasonable administrative, technical, and physical safeguards in an effort to protect against unauthorised access, use, modification, and disclosure of personal information in its control and custody. However, no data transmission over the internet or wireless network can be guaranteed. You acknowledge that the security, integrity, and privacy of all information and data exchanged between you and our Website cannot be guaranteed, despite best efforts.

In the event we become aware that the security of the Website has been compromised or that personal information has been disclosed to unrelated third parties as a result of external activity, including, but not limited to, security attacks or fraud, we reserve the right to take reasonably appropriate measures, including, but not limited to, notification to and cooperation with law enforcement authorities.

We may disclose information we collect, including personal information:

a) to service providers and other persons working with us to improve or develop Website functionality;

b) where required by law via a legitimate request by a law enforcement or government agency.

Our Website may contain links to other websites that are not owned or controlled by us. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of other websites or third parties. We encourage you to be aware when you leave our Website and to review the privacy statements of other websites.

These terms are governed and must be construed in accordance with the laws of New Zealand. When you access the Website, you submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the New Zealand courts.