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Privacy

Waikato Museum collects and retains information regarding visitors to the site and products purchased for the following purposes:

1. Advising members of exhibitions, events, products, invitations and offers

2. To statistically analyse site usage and products purchased

3. To improve content and product offering on the site

4. To improve customer ease and satisfaction.

Personal information collected for the above purposes will be retained by Waikato Museum in its database. You have the right under the Privacy Act 1993 to access any personal information held about you and to request correction of the Waikato Museum database. If so requested Waikato Museum may make the requested correction or attach a note to the record recording that a request for correction was made but not acted upon. You can do this by sending an email request to the following address museum.marketing@hcc.govt.nz.

Other than as set out in these terms your information will not be made available to any other organisation.

All enquiries about or formal requests for information in terms of the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987, or the Privacy Act 1993 should be in writing to:  

Waikato Museum, Private Bag 3010, Hamilton 3204  

For more detailed information about the Privacy Act you can refer to the Privacy Commissioner's Guide to the Privacy Act 1993.

Copyright  

None of the content of this website may be reproduced, copied, used, communicated to the public or transmitted without the express written permission of Waikato Museum, except for the purposes of private study, research, criticism, review, or education, as provided for in the New Zealand Copyright Act 1994.

For written permission to reproduce information on this website for any purpose other than personal use, please contact Waikato Museum. When information from this website is used in any context, it must be sourced to this website. Waikato Museum is committed to respecting the intellectual property rights of others. Text, images, video works, sound recordings and artworks are used on this site with the permission of artists, authors, donors and/or lenders of those works. Every effort has been made to locate the copyright owners of material used in this website. In cases where this has not been possible copyright owners are invited to contact us.

Email policy

Where you have subscribed to the email database on the site or where you have provided your email address in the course of placing an order you have authorised us to contact you by email to advise you of events and exhibitions, invitations or offers which we think may be of particular interest to you. You may unsubscribe to a newsletter service at any time using the unsubscribe link within each email sent by Waikato Museum and ArtsPost.

Site content / availability

Although the information provided in this site is presented in good faith and believed to be correct as at the date it was submitted, we make no warranties or representations about the accuracy or completeness of this site, its contents or the content of any web site ’hot linked’ to or from this site, nor do we undertake to keep this site updated. We will not be liable for any damage, loss, claim or expense suffered as a result of the information on this site or any 'hot linked site' not being accurate or updated.

We do not accept responsibility for any interference or damage to your computer system arising out of or relating to your use of this site or any linked site. Any information which you transmit to us is transmitted through a secure internet system. All reasonable steps to ensure that this information is secure have been taken but we can not warrant all information will be secure at all times.

Photography and filming

You are very welcome to take photos and video without flash in the Museum provided they are for your own use and not for commercial purposes.

Look out for the ‘no photography’ icon indicating objects or exhibitions that cannot be filmed or photographed. This restriction may be for cultural reasons, due to copyright law or to protect the objects.

Events images

This website includes images of Waikato Museum’s public events. If you appear in any of these images, the images were taken without your knowledge, and you object to those images appearing online you are invited to contact us.

Visitor tracking

This website has been designed to automatically issue a ‘cookie’ to visitors, and visitors’ cookie details are subsequently logged alongside visitor navigation throughout the website. This information is used to analyse overall visitor activities on the website, such as the number of repeat visitors, length of time spent on the website, and navigation throughout the website. Our email newsletters track clicks to find out which links in the newsletter were clicked on. Details about individual visitor activities will not be disclosed to third parties.

Use of Waikato Museum logos

Waikato Museum logos must not be placed on an external website, or otherwise used by any external party, without the express approval of Waikato Museum. Please contact us if you have any questions about Waikato Museum’s copyright, privacy, or linking policies.

Venue hire and location bookings - Covid19

The Hirer agrees to:

  • comply with all rules and directives published and updated by the government from time to time at covid19.govt.nz; and
  • all policies and procedures adopted by Hamilton City Council in relation to the Covid-19 pandemic, including but not limited to the mandatory use of ‘My Vaccine Passes’ and other health measures to limit the spread of covid-19.

The Hirer understands and accepts that Hamilton City Council (Council) may immediately terminate this Agreement if the Hirer breaches this clause. Hamilton City Council is not liable for any losses suffered by the Hirer or any third parties as a result of termination under this clause.

It is the Hirer’s sole responsibility to ensure that all rules and directives published and updated by the government from time to time at covid19.govt.nz, as it applies to the Hirer’s intended use of Waikato Museum are complied with.

Hamilton City Council may, at its sole discretion, require a Plan to be submitted by the Hirer prior to confirmation of the booking demonstrating how compliance will be achieved with the Covid Protection Framework.

Memberships, Concessions and Annual Passes - Covid19

The [Member/Pass Holder] agrees to:

  • comply with all rules and directives published and updated by the government from time to time at covid19.govt.nz; and
  • all policies and procedures adopted by Hamilton City Council in relation to the Covid-19 pandemic, including but not limited to the mandatory use of ‘My Vaccine Passes’ and other health measures to limit the spread of covid-19.

The [Member/Pass Holder] understands and accepts that a breach of this clause may result in cancellation of membership and/or trespass from Waikato Museum. Hamilton City Council is not liable for any losses suffered by the Member or any third parties as a result of any cancellation of membership/access under this clause.