Waikato People's Panel - Prize draw terms and conditions

People's Panel prize draw

As a member of the Waikato People’s Panel, every time you complete a survey, you’ll go in the draw to win a $100 e-gift voucher. 

By registering for the Waikato People’s Panel, participants are deemed to have read, understood and accepted the following general Terms and Conditions.

Participation, selection and prizes

All decisions made by the Waikato Regional Council (“WRC”) will be final and no correspondence will be entered into.

Prizes are not redeemable for cash, and are not transferable to any other person, and cannot be used in conjunction with any other offer or promotion.

In the event a winner chooses not to accept the prize, they forfeit any claims to the prize, which can then be awarded to another entrant.

A winner will be randomly selected from all responses received concerning each panel topic. 

There will be one prize per panel topic. WRC reserves the right to randomly select a winner for each panel topic any time after the panel topic has been closed.

Winners will be contacted by applicable social media. If we are unable to contact the winner and retrieve additional contact details after trying several times over a 7-day period, WRC may pick another winner.  WRC will be under no obligation to notify any previous selected winners that WRC have selected another winner.  If WRC picks another winner the original winner will have no claim to receive the prize.

Winners will be notified in advance if prizes are sent by courier. Couriers are instructed to have all prizes signed for on receipt. Failure to obtain a signature will result in the prize being returned to WRC and another winner may be drawn/selected.

WRC reserve the right to refuse any prize to a person who is reasonably considered to have breached any of the prize draw terms or gained unfair advantage in participating in the promotion or obtained a winner status using fraudulent means.

Exclusions

The following persons are not eligible to win any prize:

Any person not resident in New Zealand.

Any employee of WRC or contractor under an employment contract of WRC, their immediate family members or any agencies or companies associated with the prize draw.

Intellectual Property

All participants consent to participate and co-operate as required in all promotional activities relating to the prize draw.

By participating, participants agree that Waikato Regional Council has exclusive permission to use the submitted entries on website and social media platforms, in accordance with the WRC privacy statement. The participant, waives any claims to royalty, right or remuneration including any moral right for such use.

Privacy

WRC takes your privacy seriously. We are subject to the Privacy Act 2020 and Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987, which govern how personal information is collected, used, stored and accessed.

When we collect information from you, you will be told what we will use it for (unless you have already been informed). This information may be in the privacy statement on the form you are completing, or we may tell you if we are collecting your information via a phone call or in person.

Unless an exception applies, your information (including your name, address, email, and phone number) will only be used by us for the purposes we have told you about. 

You can read our full privacy policy on our website.

Use of personal information/Privacy Statement

The Waikato Regional Council will only use your supplied personal information in this prize draw for the purposes of:

• contacting you in regard to our Waikato People’s Panel and the prize draw if you should be the recipient of one of the prizes
• communicating with you, including responding to your enquiry and/or feedback and other information provided in this submission form.