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Listing - Terms and Conditions

Background

A key function of www.southlandnz.com (this ‘site’) is the ability to connect visitors to Southland directly with information about Southland as a destination and to operators that enable visitors to purchase services and quality products, and to promote events in Southland. The intention of this policy to enable all legitimate Southland-based operators (and key national partners who promote and sell travel to Southland) and Southland events to be featured on this site in one or more listings (each a ‘Listing’). The operator and event database is maintained by Great South.

There is no charge for listing on our operator and event database.

In these Listing Terms and Conditions, operators and businesses and event organisers or promoters listed within this site are referred to as ‘Operators’.

How registration information will be used

The information collected during registration of any Listing on this site may be used by Great South in the following ways:

  • To construct a unique Great South entry for each approved Listing;
  • To register administrative contact details for each listing, as the basis for future communications between Great South and the operator

Great South will not disclose, sell or rent the information provided by operators for Listings in part or in full, other than for the purposes listed above, without the prior permission of the relevant operator.

By providing Listing information to Great South, the operator agrees to any such information being shared with third party websites and any other digital media or applications for publication. However, Great South does not guarantee that the Listing information published will be posted on third party websites.

Great South takes no responsibility for any material published on other websites. If an operator no longer wishes its Listing details to be published on other websites, Great South will request that the operator of the third party website removes the Listing information when the website is next updated.

Requirements for registration

The operator must operate a legal and reputable business operation or be organising or promoting an event and needs to meet its obligations under the Health & Safety at Work Act 2015. Please note that this site does not list the following businesses:

  • Any business that is not a reputable operation, as determined by Great South at its sole discretion.
  • Any business or event that is outside of the Southland and Fiordland region.
  • Any business or organisation that is not directly related with Southland and Fiordland tourism or events.

Each operator must nominate an administrator for each listing and keep Great South advised of current email and telephone contact details for the administrator. The operator or their administrator must be readily contactable by either telephone or email.

All listing registrations must meet the minimum requirements for Listings as advised by Great South from time to time. Mandatory fields will be indicated on the site.

Registration approval and maintenance process

When an operator first registers a listing on this site, Great South intends to undertake an approval, validation, and vetting procedure to ensure that the information for the Listing has been properly entered (e.g. there are no obvious data input or categorisation errors) and that the Listing is relevant and appropriate for this site based on Great South’s then-current policies.

All decisions relating to Listings on this site are at the absolute discretion of Great South.

Great South may periodically review Listings. Great South may change a Listing's category if Great South considers that the current category is not appropriate or relevant, and may edit listing details to fit the space available.

While Great South intends to monitor content and conduct reviews of Listings, Great South takes no responsibility for the accuracy of information that is provided by operators including as to the timing of events. Operators are responsible for ensuring that all information provided by the operator is accurate, up-to-date, and not misleading and does not infringe the rights of any third party. Operators are also responsible for handling all communications with consumers or event participants.

Operators are required to access and update their Listings as necessary to keep them current and up-to-date. Great South may remove Listings that have not been accessed by the Listing administrator for a period of more than one year.

Great South may remove any Listing at its absolute discretion, including if:

  • The operator is no longer operating the tourism business as described in the Listing; or
  • The event has taken place or if a ticked event, tickets have sold out;
  • The event, in Great South’s sole discretion, is not of a nature or type suitable for promotion by it.
  • Great South considers the operator to be sub-standard or unprofessional in their operation (in Great South’s sole opinion) or it receives a consumer complaint with regards to the operator's conduct. By way of example only ‘sub-standard’ or ‘unprofessional practices’ include (without limitation) non-response to complaints received from visitors and forwarded by Great South, the use of profanity in communications, and illegal business practices.

 

Events Listings with Southland NZ

Background

A key function of www.southlandnz.com (this ‘site’) is the ability to connect potential event attendees (visitors and residents alike) with Southland events. The intention of this policy to enable all legitimate Southland events to be featured on this site in one or more listings (each a ‘Listing’) and distributed with discretion via the Southland NZ events newsletter. The event database is maintained by Great South.

There is no charge for listing on our event database.

In these Listing Terms and Conditions, operators and businesses and event organisers or promoters listed within this site are referred to as ‘Operators’.

 

How registration information will be used

The information collected during registration of any Listing on this site may be used by Great South in the following ways:

  • To construct a unique Great South entry for each approved Listing;
  • To register administrative contact details for each listing, as the basis for future communications between Great South and the operator
  • Great South will not disclose, sell or rent the information provided by operators for Listings in part or in full, other than for the purposes listed above, without the prior permission of the relevant operator.

By providing Listing information to Great South, the operator agrees to any such information being shared with third party websites and any other digital media or applications for publication. However, Great South does not guarantee that the Listing information published will be posted on third party websites.

Great South takes no responsibility for any material published on other websites. If an operator no longer wishes its Listing details to be published on other websites, Great South will request that the operator of the third party website removes the Listing information when the website is next updated.

 

Requirements for registration

The operator must operate a legal and reputable business operation or be organising or promoting an event and needs to meet its obligations under the Health & Safety at Work Act 2015. Please note that this site does not list the following businesses:

  • Any event that is not a reputable operation, as determined by Great South at its sole discretion.
  • Any event that is outside of the Southland and Fiordland region.
  • Any organisation that is not directly related with Southland and Fiordland tourism or events.
  • Each operator must nominate an administrator for each listing and keep Great South advised of current email and telephone contact details for the administrator. The operator or their administrator must be readily contactable by either telephone or email.

All listing registrations must meet the minimum requirements for Listings as advised by Great South from time to time. Mandatory fields will be indicated on the site.

 

Registration approval and maintenance process

When an operator first registers a listing on this site, Great South intends to undertake an approval, validation, and vetting procedure to ensure that the information for the Listing has been properly entered (e.g. there are no obvious data input or categorisation errors) and that the Listing is relevant and appropriate for this site based on Great South’s then-current policies.

All decisions relating to Listings on this site are at the absolute discretion of Great South.

Great South may periodically review Listings. Great South may change a Listing's category if Great South considers that the current category is not appropriate or relevant, and may edit listing details to fit the space available.

While Great South intends to monitor content and conduct reviews of Listings, Great South takes no responsibility for the accuracy of information that is provided by operators including as to the timing of events. Operators are responsible for ensuring that all information provided by the operator is accurate, up-to-date, and not misleading and does not infringe the rights of any third party. Operators are also responsible for handling all communications with consumers or event participants.

Operators are required to access and update their Listings as necessary to keep them current and up-to-date. Great South may remove Listings that have not been accessed by the Listing administrator for a period of more than one year.

Great South may remove any Listing at its absolute discretion, including if:

  • The event has taken place or if a ticketed event, tickets have sold out;
  • The event, in Great South’s sole discretion, is not of a nature or type suitable for promotion by it.

Great South considers the operator to be sub-standard or unprofessional in their operation (in Great South’s sole opinion) or it receives a consumer complaint with regards to the operator's conduct. By way of example only ‘sub-standard’ or ‘unprofessional practices’ include (without limitation) non-response to complaints received from visitors and forwarded by Great South, the use of profanity in communications, and illegal business practices.

 

Prioritisation of Events

Some events are prioritised events via banner advertisements (gaining key real estate online) and via a variety of newsletters.

This prioritisation (in Great South’s sole opinion) is based on the following criteria:

  • Events are listed in date order, while priority listing is for wide community reach and appeal.
  • Community reach, where events have capacity to accommodate significant number of event attendees (includes the number of tickets available, and the capacity of venue).
  • Community appeal, where events have a breadth of appeal and goodwill to a wide variety of Southland’s community and geography. 
  • Visitor appeal, where events have characteristics that have recreational or educational components that appeal to visitors to Southland and that can contribute additionality to the Southland community.
  • Diversity of event types so that the variety of events provides opportunity to diverse opportunities that might not otherwise been found.
  • The number of events on promotion at the time, where Great South uses discretion to select and fill its promotional spaces based on elements above.
  • Events that include local, regional or national partnerships where local organisations such as councils, sponsors and/or funders have prioritised for the Southland region.
  • Special interest events and training events are listed, however they may be found via search rather than listing order. This is to ensure that from the major audience of events listings are not distracted from key attraction and community events.
  • Provision of suitable event information and images, where the event operator has provided relevant information and content to consistently and comprehensively promote events.

 

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