1. Introduction

1.1 Welcome to the website for Technology Queenstown ("we", "us" or "our"). These terms of use ("Terms of Use") apply to your access and use of our website ("Website").

1.2 The requirements set out on this page comprise our Terms of Use and govern the access to, and use of, our Website and related online services ("Services").   

1.3 Please read the Terms of Use carefully. By visiting or using our Website and Services, you acknowledge that you have read and accepted our Terms of Use. If you do not agree to our Terms of Use, you must immediately stop accessing and using our Website and Services.

1.4 We may amend our Terms of Use from time to time and without notice. It is your responsibility to read the Terms of Use whenever you access the Website. Your continued use of our Website and Services will be regarded as your acceptance of these Terms of Use as amended.


2. Privacy policy and personal information

2.1 Our Terms of Use must be read in conjunction with our Privacy Policy.  Information collected through our Website and Services may include your personal information. Any personal information sent to the Website will be subject to our Privacy Policy.


3. Disclaimer

3.1 We make the Website and Services (and any information and content) available to you on an "as is" and "as available" basis, and use of the Website and Services (and any information and content) by you is at your sole risk. We reserve the right to withdraw, suspend, terminate or otherwise alter access to some or all of the Website at any time and do not make any representation or warranty (whether express or implied) in relation to the availability, reliability, performance, accuracy, completeness or fitness for any particular use or purpose of the Website (or any content on the Website), including continuity of service. We are not responsible for any adverse consequences arising out of such use.


4. Liability

4.1 To the fullest extent permitted by law, we exclude:

(a) all liability for any loss or damage (direct or otherwise) you suffer in connection with your access to, use of or reliance on, the Website and the Services, or any information and content on the Website and Services (including any linked websites), whether arising in contract, tort (including negligence), equity or otherwise; and

(b) all warranties and representations in relation to the Website and Services whether express, implied, statutory or otherwise.

4.2 You agree to fully indemnify and defend us from any claims, damages, liabilities, costs, or expenses (including without limitation court costs, collection costs, and reasonable legal fees) related to:

(a) your unauthorised use of the Website and Services (or any information and content in the Website and Services); and

(b) your breach of these Terms of Use.


5. Accounts and passwords

5.1 The creation of a user account may be required to use the Services (“Account”). If you create an Account, you agree to provide true and accurate information. All information you provide for registration of an Account will be stored and used in accordance with our Privacy Policy.

5.2 You must also create a password to access your Account. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your Account and password and you must not disclose this information to any other person or entity. You also acknowledge that your Account and password are personal to you and agree not to provide any other person with access to the Website and/or Services using your Account or password.


6. Intellectual property rights

6.1 We own, or licence from third parties, all rights, title and interest (including copyright, designs, patents, trade marks and other intellectual property rights) on this Website and in all of the material (including all text, graphics, logos, audio and software) made available on this Website ("Content").

6.2 Your use of this Website and Services, and use of and access to any Content, does not grant or transfer any rights, title or interest to you in relation to this Website, Services or the Content (including any portion of it, including any software code underlying or forming part of the Website and Content).

6.3 We grant you a licence ("Licence") to access the Website, Services and view the Content on the terms set out in these Terms of Use. Any contravention by you of these Terms of Use terminates the Licence immediately. Except to the extent expressly permitted by these Terms of Use or otherwise agreed by us and/or our third party licensors in writing, you may not use, modify, copy, distribute, reproduce, download, scrape, adapt, create derivative works from or commercialise in any manner or in any form whatsoever, or store in a database or retrieval system, in whole or in part, any of the content on, accessible from, or referred to by, the Website, Services and Content.


7. Direct marketing

7.1 You hereby agree that we may use your contact details provided by you through the Website for the purpose of informing you regarding our products and/or Services, which may interest you, and to send to you other marketing material, transmitted by e-mail, notices, and/or messages on the Website. You may revoke your consent to any individually targeted communications at any time by contacting us at hello@technologyqueenstown.com.


8. Your use of the website

8.1 You may only access and use the Website if you have a legitimate and lawful reason for doing so. We reserve the right to prohibit links to the Website and you agree to remove or cease any link upon our request. You must ensure that your use of the Website complies with all applicable laws and regulations, and that it does not infringe on our rights or the rights of any other person, nor restrict or inhibit any other person's enjoyment of the Website. In particular, you must not:

(a) damage or harm the Website, or any underlying or connected network or system (including by introducing any content or code to the Website which is technologically harmful);

(b) use a robot, spider, scraper or any other unauthorised automated or manual means to access, acquire, copy or otherwise monitor the Website (or any Content);

(c) reverse engineer, decompile, decode or disassemble any of the Website (or any Content);

(d) upload or post any content on any of the Website which is illegal, obscene, defamatory, threatening, infringing of intellectual property rights, invasive of privacy or otherwise objectionable; or

(e) violate the security of the Website or attempt to gain access other than where authorised to do so.


9. Hyperlinks

9.1 The contents of the Website may include links to third party materials which are not under the control of us. We are not responsible for, and make no representations, warranties or conditions concerning, the contents of any linked site or any link contained in a linked site. The linked sites are provided to you only as a convenience, and the inclusion of any linked third-party site should not be taken as an endorsement of any other products or services offered from those websites, or the suitability of such websites. Your use of such hyperlinks and use of such websites is entirely at your own risk. We are not responsible for the contents of any linked third party sites or be liable for any loss or damage (direct or otherwise) suffered by you from accessing, using, relying on or trading with third parties.


10. Links to our Website

10.1 We require that you request our permission to link to the Website before providing any link to the Website. Where such approval is given, you further agree that you will not use any logo, trademark or other proprietary graphic of ours as part of such link without our express prior approval.

10.2 We reserve the right to prohibit links, or revoke our consent to a link, to the Website and you agree to remove or cease any link upon our request.


11. Breach

11.1 If you breach our Terms of Use, or if we suspect you have breached our Terms of Use, notwithstanding any other rights we may have, at our sole and absolute discretion we may block you from our Website and Services and/or suspend or terminate your Account without further notice.


12. General

12.1 If at any time we do not enforce any of these terms or conditions or grant you time or other indulgence, we will not be construed as having waived that term or condition or our rights to later enforce that or any other term or condition. Further, if any part or provision of these Terms of Use is deemed to be invalid, unenforceable or in conflict with the law, that part or provision is replaced with a provision which, as far as possible, accomplishes the original purpose of that part of provision. The remaining Terms of Use will be binding on the parties.

12.2 These Terms of Use will not be deemed to create a partnership, joint venture, agency or employment relationship of any kind between us and you.

12.3 The Website may be accessed from countries outside of New Zealand and may contain references to products and/or services that are not appropriate or available in those countries. Access to this Website from territories where the materials on this Website are illegal or restricted is prohibited. If you access the Website from locations outside New Zealand you do so at your own risk and are responsible for compliance with local laws.


13. Jurisdiction and governing law

13.1 These Terms of Use are governed by and will be construed in accordance with the laws of New Zealand and you submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Courts of New Zealand.


14. Contact

14.1 If you have any questions or concerns in relation to the Website, Services, Content or our Terms of Use, please contact us at hello@technologyqueenstown.com.