Terms of Use

Growing Up in New Zealand welcomes visitors from New Zealand and around the world to use this website, and encourages you to access and link to this site.

By using this website you agree to be legally bound by these terms of use and our Privacy Notice, which take effect immediately on your first use of the website. If you do not agree to be legally bound by all these terms, please do not access or use this website.

Content disclaimer

This website contains content, produced by Growing Up in New Zealand, and content sourced from other locations. Growing Up in New Zealand is not responsible for third-party content, and does not necessarily endorse the views expressed in it.

Growing Up in New Zealand accepts no liability or responsibility for the manner in which the information on this website is interpreted or used, or the results of such use.

Growing Up in New Zealand may change these terms at any time by posting changes online.

External links from this website

This website may include links to other agencies and organisations. These links are for convenience and information purposes only. Linking should not be taken as endorsement of any kind by Growing Up in New Zealand of those other agencies and organisations.

Growing Up in New Zealand is not responsible for the content of external internet sites and does not necessarily endorse the views expressed within them. Contact the external site owner for answers to questions regarding their content.

Copyright and reproduction statement

The material on this website is subject to different types of copyright protection.

The research material and logos on selected pages, and all the harvested metadata records, are copyright to their originating location. If you want to publish or otherwise distribute these materials, you are responsible for determining and clearing copyright, obtaining permissions and meeting any other requirements.

Other material on this website is protected by Growing Up in New Zealand copyright and may be requested via the Data Access process described on this site and via Data.Access@growingup.co.nz. Any material must be reproduced accurately, must not be sold or otherwise disposed of on a commercial basis and must not be used in a misleading manner.

Where the material is being published or issued to others, the source and copyright status must be acknowledged. Growing Up in New Zealand copyright material must be acknowledged in the appropriate form - refer to the Data Access policy.

Privacy notice

We will safeguard your personal information (information that identifies you as a natural person) and respect your rights under the Privacy Act 1993.

You may use this website without providing any personal information.

If you send us personal information (for example, your email address when asking a research question), we will only use this personal information for the purpose for which it was provided.

We will keep any personal information you provide to us secure and will not disclose it to any other parties without your prior consent. To access or correct any of your personal information that we hold, or if you have any concerns about personal information that we hold, please contact us. You can email us with your privacy questions: contact@growingup.co.nz

Linking to this website

You are welcome to link to pages on this website. Links should not say, or imply, that the material is the copyright of anyone other than the Growing Up in New Zealand or the relevant copyright holder.

Linking to this website from any other website or organisation should not be taken as endorsement of any kind by Growing Up in New Zealand.