Donating

When a donation is made via www.chopperappeal.co.nz the transaction is final and not disputable unless unauthorised use of your payment card is proved.

Submitting stories

1. By submitting a Chopper Rescue story you agree to your story, name and/or image being published on chopperappeal.co.nz. If you wish to remove your story after it has been published, please email westpac_chopper_appeal@westpac.co.nz and we’ll remove it for you.
2. Westpac reserves the right to not publish or remove offensive or inapropriate content within a story or comment from this website. While we encourage the free exchange of stories and images about the Westpac Rescue Choppers, the posting of advertising, promotional material or other forms of solicitation is not permitted and may be removed at the discretion of the administrator.
3. This website is presented by Westpac New Zealand Limited.
4. Information on this site has been prepared in accordance with New Zealand law for persons resident in New Zealand only.
5. Westpac has made every reasonable effort to ensure that the information on this site is accurate and current. Westpac is not responsible for the information on any other website accessed via this site other than the Westpac Chopper Appeal website; that information is the responsibility of the owner of that website. Westpac has no control over it. Links to other websites are provided for convenience only and do not represent any endorsement by Westpac of the services offered by the site owner. Westpac will not be liable for any damage, loss or expenses, or indirect losses or consequential damages of any kind, suffered or incurred by you in connection with your access to or use of this website or the content on or accessed through it. Use of information and material contained on the website is at your own risk.
6. Please contact Westpac for prior permission if you wish to create a hypertext link to any page on this website. If you create a link to this website, you remain fully responsible for any consequences of that link, whether direct or indirect and you will protect Westpac against all loss, damage, liability, costs or expense arising from or in connection with the link.
7. Before you submit a story or comments that include the name and/or image of another individual you must obtain the consent of that person to use and publish their image/name on chopperappeal.co.nz.
8. When transmitting your personal information over the internet, you should remember that the internet is not a secure environment. Any personal information will be used by Westpac to send you a receipt for your donation, to assist Westpac to create a statistical picture of those who donate, and to send you future communications about the Chopper Appeal (if you have indicated that you would like to receive such information). Westpac will take steps to ensure your personal information is held securely by Westpac, and you may request access to, and correction of, all such information by contacting Westpac’s privacy officer.
9. The copyright in this site is owned by Westpac New Zealand Limited. You may electronically reproduce and store the site’s contents solely for the purposes of viewing the site, or saving its content. However, if you want to display or distribute the content or any of the pages of the site in public or in such a way that they will be accessible to the public (including reproduction in any form on the internet), you must first obtain Westpac’s permission.

Privacy Policy

The information you provide when submitting your rescue story or commenting on a story will be collected only to verify you as a user and to contact you if there are any stories or questions regarding moderation prior to publishing. for the purpose of publishing your story on chopperappeal.co.nz only.

If you have any other questions, please don’t hesitate to email us at westpac_chopper_appeal@westpac.co.nz.