Terms and conditions

Last updated: April 2026

These terms govern your use of RiverShot NZ. By reading, browsing, or using the contact mechanisms on this site, you agree to this agreement. If you do not agree, discontinue use. We keep this document practical because most readers only care about the parts that affect safety, intellectual property, and liability boundaries.

Editorial nature

Articles are opinions and field observations informed by experience and sourcing. They are not personalised professional advice. River conditions, regulations, and land access can change without notice. You are responsible for verifying information with official sources before acting, especially when safety or legal compliance is involved.

Permitted use

You may read, print, and share links to pages for personal, non-commercial use. You may quote short excerpts with attribution. You may not scrape the site at a rate that degrades service, mirror the entire site without permission, or misrepresent RiverShot NZ content as an official government communication.

Intellectual property

Text authored by RiverShot NZ contributors is protected by copyright unless otherwise noted. Photographs and illustrations may be licensed separately; contact us before republishing imagery. Trademarks belong to their respective owners; mention of a product name does not imply endorsement unless explicitly stated.

Third-party links

We link to councils, safety organisations, and reference material. Those sites have their own terms. We are not responsible for their availability, accuracy, or practices.

Disclaimer of warranties

The site is provided “as is” without warranties of any kind, express or implied, including fitness for a particular purpose or non-infringement. We do not warrant uninterrupted or error-free operation.

Limitation of liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, RiverShot NZ and its contributors are not liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages arising from your use of the site, including decisions made while fishing, wading, boating, or travelling to remote areas. Some jurisdictions do not allow certain limitations; in those places, our liability is limited to the maximum permitted.

Indemnity

You agree to indemnify and hold harmless RiverShot NZ from claims arising out of your misuse of the site, your violation of these terms, or your violation of third-party rights, except where prohibited by law.

Governing law

These terms are governed by the laws of New Zealand, without regard to conflict-of-law rules. Courts in New Zealand shall have exclusive jurisdiction, subject to mandatory consumer protections that may apply where you live.

Changes

We may update these terms. Continued use after the “Last updated” date changes constitutes acceptance of the revised terms.

Contact

Questions about these terms can be sent through the contact page.

User submissions

By sending us feedback, you grant a non-exclusive licence to use your message to correct articles and improve clarity, without obligation to publish your name unless you request attribution and we agree. Do not send confidential third-party documents without permission.

Severability

If any clause is held invalid, the remainder remains in effect to the maximum extent permitted.

No waiver

Failure to enforce a provision does not waive our right to enforce it later.

Termination

We may suspend access to the site for behaviour that degrades service for others, including abusive scraping, attempts to compromise servers, or attempts to manipulate search indexes through deceptive cloaking.

Entire agreement

These terms, together with linked policies that are expressly incorporated, constitute the entire agreement regarding use of the public website. Other agreements may govern separate commercial relationships if we enter them in writing.

Electronic communications

Email messages through our contact workflow may be stored and processed in standard mail systems. You consent to receiving responses related to your inquiry at the address you supply, and you agree that electronic notices satisfy any legal communication requirement where permitted.