By entering the Mission Adventure competition, entrants are agreeing to be bound by the following terms and conditions:
1. This competition is organized by The Bible Society in New Zealand Inc., 144 Tory Street, Wellington (Bible Society). Even though we’ve got God’s ear, we can’t actually control the weather so we can’t tell you exactly when you’ll go. It’ll depend on the sailing season and conditions in the South Pacific. We’ll work with you to find a time that is most suitable but reserve the right for this to be at our discretion. We envisage the mission trip will be approximately one week in duration.
2. If for any reason it’s just not possible to get the winner to the Seahawk in the South Pacific, we’ll send the winner and a mate to Parachute 2011 in Sydney and we’ll cover all transport, flight, airport taxes and accommodation costs from Auckland, Wellington or Christchurch.
3. Bible Society New Zealand reserves the right to cancel or amend the Competition or the Rules without notice in the event of a catastrophe, war, civil or military disturbance, act of God or any actual or anticipated breach of any applicable law or regulation or any other event outside Bible Society's reasonable control.
4. In the event of any dispute regarding the Rules, conduct, results and all other matters relating to this Competition, the decision of Bible Society shall be final and no correspondence or discussion shall be entered into.
Qualifying Entrants
5. The winner is able to choose one person to travel with them. Costs associated with the travel of the person chosen are covered by Bible Society as part of the winner’s prize. Terms and conditions applying to the winner will also apply to the person who accompanies the winner.
6. If the winner is under 17 years of age at 1 March 2010 the person they choose to travel with them must be their parent or guardian.
7. If the winner is under 20 years of age at 1 March 2010 the parent or guardian of the winner must give approval in writing for the person chosen to accompany the winner. If the person chosen to accompany the winner is under 20 years of age at 1 March 2010 they will require written approval of their parent or guardian.
8. In no event may the person chosen to accompany the winner be under 17 years of age at 1 March 2010.
9. Employees (or members of the families or households of employees) of Bible Society or Dayspring Ministries are not eligible to enter the Competition.
10. Bible Society New Zealand reserves the right not to award a prize (and to select an alterative winner) if it is aware or has reasonable grounds to believe that a winner is not eligible.
11. Winners will be responsible for obtaining their own relevant travel documents, e.g. a valid passport, visas etc
12. By entering the Competition, you hereby warrant that all information submitted by you is true, current and complete. Bible Society reserves the right to verify the eligibility of all entrants.
13. This Competition is only open to residents of New Zealand.
14. Bible Society assumes that by using the website and entering the Competition (and you warrant that) you are aged 18 or over or, if you are under 18, that your parents have consented to your entry into the Competition and these Rules.
15. Bible Society reserves the right to request written proof of age of any winner.
16. Bible Society reserves the right to disqualify any entrant if it has reasonable grounds to believe the entrant has breached any of the Rules.
17. In the event that any entrant is disqualified from the Competition, Bible Society in its sole discretion may decide whether a replacement should be selected. In this event, any further entrant will be selected on the same criteria as the original entrant and will be subject to these Rules.
Competition Entries
18. You may take the ‘change lives today’ challenge and submit content on our Facebook, Bebo and twitter as many times as you like however where a winner has been selected and Bible Society discovers or has reasonable grounds to believe the winner has submitted false or untrue content Bible Society may select an alternative winner. Any further winner will be selected on the same criteria as the original winner and will be subject to these Rules.
19. Competition entries must be submitted by 5pm February 28, 2010.
20. There is no purchase requirement to enter this Competition and there is no charge to register for use of the website.
21. Bible Society will not accept responsibility for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, communications line failure, theft, destruction, alteration of or unauthorised access to Entries or online posts, or Entries lost, damaged or delayed as a result of server functions, technical issues, virus, bugs or other causes outside Bible Society’s control.
Prizes
22. The prize includes international airfares for the winner and a companion to and from the South Pacific, connecting domestic New Zealand airfares from either, Auckland, Wellington or Christchurch (as required), airport taxes, transfers, accommodation and meals arranged by Bible Society during your time in the South Pacific.
23. Prize winner will be chosen from all submitted entries based on best fit for Bible mission. The decision of the judge(s) and Bible Society shall be final and no correspondence or discussion shall be entered into.
24. Prize winner will be notified within 72 hours of judges decision. If winner is not contactable within a reasonable time period, Bible Society reserves the right to select an alternate winner.
25. Competition winner(s)’ names will be published on the website and all related social media sites.
26. Prize is non-transferable and there is no cash alternative. Bible Society reserves the right to substitute a prize of equal or greater value at any time.
27. Prize will be awarded at Bible Society’s discretion and no prizes will be awarded as a result of improper actions by or on behalf of any entrant.
28. Spending money and other personal expenses (upgrades etc.) unless specifically stated, are the sole responsibility of the prize winner.
Intellectual Property Rights & Use of Entries
29. In consideration of Bible Society agreeing to consider entrants to the Competition, each entrant hereby agrees that Bible Society may make any and all content contributed by entrants, including, online posts, photos, videos and other content available on the website and any other media, whether now known or invented in the future, which may include other internet sites, mobile, television and/or radio, publications. You now grant Bible Society (and third parties authorised by Bible Society) irrevocable licence to use, display, publish, transmit, copy, make derivative works or podcasts from, edit, alter, store, re-format, any and all content contributed by entrants.
30. Bible Society may also, in appropriate circumstances, and at its sole discretion, reject, edit, remove or disable access to online sites where contributed content appears to be legally or otherwise problematic e.g. infringes the copyright or other intellectual property or privacy rights of others, is defamatory etc. or for any other reason.
31. Your Entry and any information submitted by you must be personal to and relate specifically to you. You hereby warrant that your Entry and all information which you submit and/or distribute will not infringe the intellectual property, privacy or any other rights of any third party, and will not contain anything which is libellous, defamatory, obscene, indecent, harassing or threatening. If relevant, Bible Society reserves the right, but not the obligation, to screen, filter and/or monitor information provided by you and to edit, refuse to distribute or remove the same.
Liability
32. Bible Society cannot accept any responsibility for any damage, loss, injury or disappointment suffered by any entrant entering the Competition or as a result of accepting any prize. Bible Society is not responsible for any problems or technical malfunction of any telephone network or lines, computer on-line systems, servers, or providers, computer equipment or software, failure of any email or entry to be received on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet, telephone lines or at any web site, or any combination of these, including any injury or damage to entrant’s or any other person’s computer or mobile telephone related to or resulting from participation or downloading any materials in the Competition.
33. Bible Society will endeavour to provide reasonable travel insurance for the competition winner and a travel companion. If reasonable travel insurance (as determined by Bible Society) is not possible, the winner and companion will travel at their own risk. If such insurance is obtainable but the winner requires a greater level of insurance, it is the winner's responsibility to arrange it.
Data Protection and Publicity
34. Winners may be requested to take part in promotional activity and Bible Society reserves the right to use the names and addresses of winners, their photographs and audio and/or visual recordings of them in any publicity.
35. Any personal data relating to entrants will be used solely in accordance with current New Zealand data protection legislation and will not be disclosed to a third party without the individual’s prior consent. Data relating to entrants will be retained by Bible Society for a reasonable period after the Competition closes to deal with any queries on the Competition. Your details will be retained securely on our database. You are welcome to contact us to access and update your personal information or to be removed from our database. Write to us at PO Box 27901, Marion Square.
How to contact us
36. You can contact us in relation to this Competition by writing to Bruce Peterson, Projects and Events Manager, Bible Society New Zealand, Private Bag 27901, Marion Square, Wellington 6141.
Last updated 9 December 2009
