Social media terms of use

We use LinkedIn as our primary social media channel.

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We provide our followers with regular updates, including:

• our latest news
• information about who we are and what we do
• opportunities to provide feedback on our regulatory reviews and other engagement activities.

We may follow or like accounts held by other organisations and individuals if they’re relevant to our organisation. We may also choose to repost or mention information created by other organisations and individuals if we think our followers will find it useful. However, this does not imply endorsement, or guarantee the accuracy of their information.

Posts made by others to our social media channels are the responsibility of that person, or the organisation they represent. They don't necessarily reflect the opinions or policy of the Ministry.

When you engage with us on our social media channels, you are considered to have agreed to the conditions of use of the particular social media channel and our individual page or account.

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Acceptable use

We aim to ensure our social media channels are professional and inclusive. As such, we reserve the right to remove any content from our channels that we consider to be:

• offensive or abusive
• irrelevant to our work
• a breach of legislation, copyright or intellectual property rights
• discriminatory
• politically biased
• spam
• a reference to commercial activity, including advertising.

We may report, block or ban anyone who:

• posts content or comments that meet these criteria
• breaches either our terms of use, or the terms of use of the relevant social media platform.

Monitoring

Our social media accounts are monitored during our business hours, which are Monday to Friday, 9am-5pm. We don’t monitor social media outside of these times.

We welcome feedback and comments from our followers and try to engage in conversation with them where possible. We aim to respond to feedback on our social media channels as soon as possible during business hours, though we can’t guarantee we’ll be able to respond to everyone individually. However, we will review replies or comments made to us, and pass any emerging themes or helpful suggestions to the relevant people in the Ministry.

Copyright

Unless indicated otherwise, the material we make available on our social media channels is protected by Crown copyright. This means you’re free to copy, distribute and adapt the material, as long as you attribute it to us, and abide by the terms of our copyright policy.

Read our copyright policy

Disclaimer

The content we share on our social media accounts is intended for informational purposes only. The Ministry will in no event accept any liability for loss or damage suffered by any person or body due to the information provided on these sites, or linked sites.

The information on our social media channels and all government websites is provided on the basis that any person accessing it takes responsibility for assessing the relevance and accuracy of that information.

Political neutrality

We are politically neutral and we don't use our social media channels to promote any party’s political messages. We reserve the right to remove any comments that may compromise our political neutrality.

Use of social media by Ministry staff

Ministry staff are free to use social media in their personal lives. The opinions or views they express are their own, and representative of them as a private individual rather than as a Ministry staff member.

Updates to terms of use

These terms of use may be updated at any time without notice, to ensure they remain fit for purpose.

Get in touch

Contact us at hello@regulation.govt.nz if you have any questions, comments or concerns about our social media engagement.