www.tasman.govt.nz (the Website) is owned and operated by the Tasman District Council. These Terms of Use (Terms) apply to your use of the Website and were last updated on 6 November 2018.
By accessing and using this Website and subsidiary websites, you accept and agree, without limitation or qualification, these Terms.
The Tasman District Council has made every reasonable effort to ensure that the information on this Website and the Online Services is accurate and up to date. Your access and use of the Website and Online Services is at your own risk. To the maximum extent permitted by law, Tasman District Council shall have no liability or responsibility to you for:
The Council does not guarantee, represent or warrant that the content and/or Online Services (including, but not limited to, transaction processing services) available or accessible via this Website and subsidiary websites will be accurate, complete or current, free of errors, defects, faults, viruses or other harmful components or that access to this Website and subsidiary websites will be uninterrupted.
Links and references to other websites are provided as a convenience only. The Council has not reviewed and does not endorse, approve, recommend or assume responsibility for those sites or their content, services or products offered on, or the operation of, any other website.
If you wish to provide a link to the Website from your website or present any page or any part of the Website material on your website, you must do so in such a way that it is clear to users that the pages are part of the Tasman District Council Website. You must not do anything which alters the Website or interferes with how it works. The Tasman District Council reserve the right to prohibit links to the Website and you agree to remove or cease any link at our request.
This Website, including these Terms, is changed and updated from time to time. Any changes take effect immediately and you are responsible for ensuring you are aware of the latest Terms. You acknowledge and agree that by accessing this Website, you are indicating your acceptance of the changed Terms.
Some of the Online Services made available by the Tasman District Council may be subject to additional terms and conditions. By accessing and using any online or other interactive service, you agree to be bound by these Terms and the terms and conditions applicable to that service.
The Tasman District Council owns or licences:
on this Website, the subsidiary websites and Online Services.
Some content is sourced from third parties and may be subject to third party copyright. Permission cannot be granted by the Tasman District Council to reproduce any material available on the Website that is owned by a third party.
Some data is supplied under Creative Commons licence and while Tasman District Council makes reasonable efforts to ensure such data is correct and regularly updated, errors and omissions in the data may occur.
Unless otherwise stated, you may use the content on this Website for personal and non-commercial purposes free of charge provided that:
You may use or copy the trademarks and logos on this Website provided that you first obtain written permission from the Tasman District Council.
This Privacy Statement applies to personal and other information collected on this Website.
You can browse the Website without providing any personal information. The Website does not automatically collect any personal information about you.
Please refer to the Privacy Act requirements section below to see how Tasman District Council deals with personal information collected from you and how it is stored and used.
If you wish to view or correct any personal information held by the Tasman District Council, please phone (03) 543 8400 or email [email protected].
When you visit the Website we automatically log some non-personal information, namely:
This information cannot be used to identify you and will be used only for the purposes of system administration, reporting within the Council, and to audit the use of the Website.
You consent to the collection and use of this aggregate information for the purposes stated above.
Tasman District Council websites use Google Analytics (a service that provides aggregated reports on website activity) to further understand how the Website can be improved. Google Analytics relies on the use of cookies, which are small files stored on your computer. For detail on what information is collected via these cookies, and how it is stored and used, see Google's privacy policy.
The Tasman District Council is required to comply with the provisions of the Privacy Act 2020. Personal information is collected, held and used in accordance with the principles set out in the Privacy Act 2020 and is set out in more detail in our Privacy Policy (pdf 715 KB). In particular, the Tasman District Council will:
You may inquire about and seek access to personal information about you or request information under the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987 by contacting the Tasman District Council at 03 543 8400 or email [email protected].
If you think that the Tasman District Council has breached the Privacy Act or if you would like to find out more about the Tasman District Council's obligations, you can contact the Privacy Commissioner on 0800 803 909 or go to privacy.org.nz.
You acknowledge and agree that any information or material which you provide electronically through your access to or use of the Website is not confidential or proprietary, except as may be required under applicable law, and you acknowledge that unprotected communication over the Internet is subject to possible interception, alteration or loss.
You represent and warrant that any information or material (other than personal data) which you provide does not infringe the rights of any person or entity, and that such information and material may be used in whole or in part in any manner by Tasman District Council including, but not limited to, reproduction, retransmission or publication of such information or material including any ideas or concepts contained in it.
You agree not to introduce into or through this Website any information or material which may be harmful, derogatory or offensive to others.
All submissions, including submitters' names, will be made available to Councillors and the public on our website, at Council offices and libraries. A summary of submissions may also be made publicly available and posted on the Council’s website.
Personal information will be used for administration, including notifying submitters of hearings and decisions. All information will be held by the Tasman District Council with submitters having the right to access and correct personal information.
Submissions may be posted or delivered to:
Submissions not using the online form should include your name and contact details, and should state if you wish to speak to the Council in support of your submission. Please also indicate if you wish to speak in Te Reo Māori or New Zealand Sign Language.
Submissions will only be accepted if a name and contact details are supplied.
The Tasman District Council may from time to time, film and record some of its public meetings and may make the footage available through webcasts. This is in the public interest to have transparent and accessible decision-making at public meetings.
Most of the filming will cover elected members as they speak and debate at the meeting. The filming may also include shots of the public in the background and anyone speaking at the public meeting.
By filming a person or recording their voice, the Tasman District Council is collecting personal information. All personal information will be collected, stored and published in accordance with the Tasman District Council’s Privacy Policy.
The webcasts and recordings may be publicly available via the Website.
Tasman District Council enables customers to process certain types of online transactions through the Website. Online Services are provided through a secure website using SSL (secure socket layer) encryption. All Online Services are subject to these Terms.
The Online Services are available for your personal and/or internal business purposes provided that:
You agree to allow the Tasman District Council to collect information about you (including information about transactions processed by you) from time to time through this Website. Any such information collected will be treated in accordance with the Tasman District Council Privacy Policy.
We use social media to inform, connect and have conversations with our communities. We do this through a number of channels, including Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, LinkedIn and TikTok.
Social media allows us to not only communicate quickly with our communities, but also allows the people in our communities to respond to us directly.
Authenticity, honesty and open dialogue is key to us being successful in our use of these channels. However, it also requires a level of courteous and responsible behaviour from the people in our communities, not only in how they interact with us, but how they interact with others on our channels too.
We accept no liability for any material posted on our channels by the community, nor are we responsible for the content and accuracy of that material.
If you follow us, you can expect to see content covering some of the following:
We openly welcome your comments and encourage discussion. We ask that you are polite and respectful with your comments and views.
We reserve the right to hide or remove harmful content from our social media channels. This includes but is not limited to:
This also includes hijacking posts with repetitive and/or irrelevant comments. For example, the same or similar comments on multiple posts about different topics. We do not accept this as it takes away from the original intent of the post and can be distracting for other users. Comments must be related to the topic of the post being commented on.
Our social media channels are not open to comments promoting or opposing any person campaigning for election to a political office. This includes any public comments made on our page during the election period by any political candidate.
Promotion or advertisement of a business on our social media channels by a person or organisation within the community is not allowed.
All content shared to our social media channels is monitored and recorded. Public comments that violate these terms of engagement will be hidden from our page. The user will not be advised that their content has been hidden.
If a user breaches our Social Media Terms of Engagement for any of the above reasons, we may, at our discretion, issue one warning to users. If their behaviour continues, then we will block them from our page.
We may pass material posted on our social media channels to any third party, including Netsafe and the New Zealand Police.
Content shared or posted on our social media channels is also subject to the terms of service of the platform (i.e. Facebook). For more information on this, visit their terms of service.
You may use the Tasman District Council news feeds in order to display Tasman District Council content on your website, blog or other product or service for personal and business use provided you comply with the following:
Information about browser and document support.
Tasman District Council aims to be browser and operating system neutral. This site has been designed and tested to work on the latest versions of all the major browsers. If you're using an older browser we strongly recommend that you upgrade it as soon as possible.
Upgrading your browser will improve the appearance of websites, significantly reduce the chances of your computer becoming infected with malware and protect your personal information
Tasman District Council provides documents in various formats (e.g. PDF or Microsoft Word). If you have any difficulty opening or displaying a document, please contact us for a paper copy.
Tasman District Council strives to make its website as accessible as possible to people of all abilities.
The website is designed to meet New Zealand Government web accessibility and usability standards:
We will continually develop our website to deliver on our commitment to improve accessibility and usability for our users.
The text size for this site can be changed using your browser.
If you have comments, or would like to suggest improvements to the website, please get in touch using the contact us form.
Tasman District Council may update the content on this Website from time to time, but no assurance is given that the Content on this Website is up-to-date, accurate, error-free or complete. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Tasman District Council:
Without limiting the foregoing, all content, Online Services including transaction processing services and this Website are provided ‘as is’ without warranty of any kind, whether express or implied, including but not limited to implied warranties of fitness for a particular purpose or non-infringement. Some jurisdictions do not permit the exclusion of implied warranties, and if you are in one of those jurisdictions these exclusions may not apply to you.
Use of this Website and these Terms shall be governed by, and shall be interpreted consistently with, the laws of New Zealand. Persons who access this Website from locations outside of New Zealand do so on their own initiative and are responsible for compliance with local New Zealand laws.
Please contact us if you have any issues or complaints about any of our services.
Tasman District Council makes no warranty or representation, express or implied, as to continuity of service. It reserves the right to suspend, terminate or otherwise alter access to some or all of the site's services at any time and without notice.
Other than personal information, which is covered under the Privacy Statement, any material you transmit or post to the site is considered non-confidential. This includes feedback or submissions you provide.
We do not claim to own your copyright material. You do, however, grant Tasman District Council a non-exclusive, royalty-free and irrevocable licence to:
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