Copyright, Privacy and Disclaimer Information

COPYRIGHT

Material featured on this site is subject to Crown copyright protection unless otherwise indicated. The Crown copyright protected material may be reproduced free of charge in any format or media without requiring specific permission. This is subject to the material being reproduced accurately and not being used in a derogatory manner or in a misleading context. In order to make sure such material is up to date we generally prefer that you provide hyperlinks to the material on our site. Where the material is being published or issued to others, the source and copyright status must be acknowledged.

The permission to reproduce Crown copyright protected material does not extend to any material on this site that is identified as being the copyright of a third party. Authorisation to reproduce such material must be obtained from the copyright holders concerned.

PRIVACY

You may browse and access information contained within this website without providing any personal information.

Where you voluntarily provide personal information (e.g. through email feedback or online forms), unless otherwise stated we will only use that information to communicate with you. We will keep any such information secure and will not disclose it to any third parties without your prior consent.

Cookies

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You may manually disable cookies at any time - check your browser's "Help". This will not affect your ability to view the site.

If you have any concerns about personal information that we hold please write to:

The Privacy Officer
Ministry for Culture and Heritage
PO Box 5364
Wellington

or send an email to webmaster@mch.govt.nz

DISCLAIMER

Hypertext links to other Web locations are for the convenience of users and do not constitute any endorsement or authorisation by the Ministry for Culture and Heritage. The Ministry for Culture and Heritage is not responsible for the contents or reliability of the linked websites and does not necessarily endorse the views expressed within them. We cannot guarantee that these links will work all of the time and we have no control over availability of the linked pages.

COMPLAINTS PROCEDURE

If you wish to make a complaint about the Ministry for Culture and Heritage, please write to us at:

Ministry for Culture and Heritage
PO Box 5364
Wellington

or send an email to complaints@mch.govt.nz

Please email us if you have any questions about the Ministry's copyright, privacy, complaints or disclaimer policies.