Resource Library Terms and Conditions of Use

These Terms and Conditions of Use apply to visual assets accessed through WellingtonNZ’s resource library. Wellington Regional Economic Development Agency Ltd, operating as WellingtonNZ (‘we’, ‘our, ‘us’), is the regional tourism organisation whose primary purpose is to promote Wellington, New Zealand as a destination.

WellingtonNZ is willing to license the use of the visual assets supplied through the resource library only if users accept all the following Terms and Conditions of Use. Please read these Terms and Conditions of Use carefully. By downloading and/or using the visual assets provided by WellingtonNZ you also accept that you are using the visual assets on the following Terms and Conditions of Use. 

Our assets are available free of charge to media, operators, and organisations for the purposes of promoting Wellington as a destination to visit, live, work, study and do business, but only if the licence rules, terms of use and usage instructions are followed. 

All images must be credited to WellingtonNZ and the credits must be clearly identifiable.  

Photo licence 

These images are for royalty-free use worldwide in unpaid digital and print media. An exception applies for use in boosted posts on social media. See the Asset’s description for additional information. You are not allowed to sell the Assets, make money from them, or use them for paid advertising, unless you are authorised to in writing by WellingtonNZ. 

Terms and conditions  

These Terms and Conditions apply to your use of all photographic and other media (“the Assets”) on WellingtonNZ’s Resource Library (“Resource Library”).  

Permitted Use  

  1. WellingtonNZ grants you a free-of-charge, perpetual, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sub-licensable, and worldwide right to display, use, reproduce, publish, via any medium, and by whatever means, the Asset for the sole purpose of promoting the Wellington Region as a destination to visit, live, work, study and do business. You are not allowed to sell the Assets, otherwise make money from them or use the Assets for paid advertising unless you are authorised to in writing by WellingtonNZ. 
  2. For the purposes of these Terms of Use, “Paid” means where payment is (or is agreed to be) received or paid for the marketing activity, and/or media space, and/or advertising space, and/or publication (as a whole), in which the Asset appears. The licence granted under clause 1(a) is for the use of the Assets in non-paid activity only. This means that Assets must not be used in connection with any Paid Activity. Applicable only when required on the asset detail page. 
  3. All other rights in and to the Asset including, without limitation, all copyright and other intellectual property rights relating to the Assets are retained by WellingtonNZ or the supplier of the Assets, as the case may be. 

Prohibited Use  

  1. You may not use the Assets:
    1. in electronic or digital template applications or display the Asset on websites or other venues intended for resale or other distribution, whether online or not, including, without limitation, website templates, Flash templates, business card templates, electronic greeting card templates, and brochure design templates
    2. in connection with any goods or services intended for resale or distribution where the primary value lies in the Asset itself including, without limitation, cards, stationery items, paper products, calendars, apparel items, posters (printed on paper, canvas or any other media) or other items for resale, licence or other distribution for profit
    3. as part of a trademark, design-mark, trade-name, business name, service mark, or logo
    4. in a way that is considered by WellingtonNZ (acting reasonably) as pornographic, obscene, immoral, infringing, defamatory in nature, or that would be reasonably likely to bring any person or property reflected in the Assets into disrepute
    5. to promote a political party or candidate, real estate business or agent, mortgage brokers or other commercial activity outside of attracting people to visit, live and work in Wellington.
  2. Upon notice from WellingtonNZ, or upon learning that any Asset is subject to a threatened, potential, or actual claim of infringement of another's right for which WellingtonNZ may be liable, you must immediately stop using the Asset and delete or remove the Asset from your premises, computer systems and storage (electronic or physical).
  3. WellingtonNZ reserves the right to revoke or amend the licence granted by these Terms and Conditions and the licence will immediately terminate upon such notice. You agree not to use the Asset and to take all reasonable steps to discontinue the use of the Asset. 

Contact

If you have any questions about the Terms and Conditions of Use or would like to seek approval for a different use case, please get in touch.