About Us

Social Media Terms of Use

These terms of use outline how Te Aho o Te Kura Pounamu (Te Kura) undertakes the organisational use and management of our social media. This is to make sure everyone who engages with our social media channels understands the purpose, function and management expectations for Te Kura branded and affiliated social media channels.

What we share on social media

We use social media to provide our followers with regular updates including:

• News and information about our school, our ākonga, and the New Zealand education system
• Information about our activities and services
• Invitations to provide feedback on specific issues
• Emergency information, such as closures during severe weather
• Information about jobs and our kaimahi

Social Media Channels

People can connect with our organisation on:

• Facebook: Te Aho o Te Kura Pounamu – The Correspondence School
• Instagram: @tekuranz
• Instagram: @tekura_visart
• Instagram: @tk.rangatahi

Acceptable Use

We reserve the right to remove content posted to our social media accounts that:

• is deemed offensive, abusive, or obscene.
• is not relevant.
• is potentially libellous.
• constitutes unlawful use of imagery that violates copyright or breach of a licence agreement.
• links to sites that may be obscene, abusive, offensive, or indecent.
• has political bias.
• constitutes spam.
• refers to any commercial activity, including advertising.

We may report, block, or ban anyone who posts the above content or comments, or who breaches the terms of use of the relevant social media platform:

• Facebook statement of rights and responsibilities(external link)
• Facebook community standards(external link)
• Instagram community guidelines(external link)
• Instagram terms of use(external link)
• LinkedIn user agreement(external link)
• YouTube community guidelines(external link)
• TikTok community guidelines

Engagement

We love hearing your thoughts and ideas. But we might not be able to respond to every comment, post, or direct message.

If you are having trouble reaching us on social media, you can email us media@tekura.school.nz.

Monitoring

Our social media accounts are monitored between 8am and 5pm Monday to Friday and periodically in the evenings and on weekends and public holidays. 

Our Political Neutrality

As part of the wider Public Service, Te Kura remains politically neutral. We do not support any specific political party, and we will not use our social media to promote any political messages.

We reserve the right to remove any comments that may compromise our political neutrality.

Connections and Endorsements

Te Kura may choose to 'follow', 'like' or otherwise establish connections with others on social media.

We do this for several reasons including maintaining contact with what social media users are saying, sharing content, or sending direct messages.

Once we have 'liked' or 'followed' someone, we usually do not unfollow them without a good reason. Examples of when we might unfollow someone include, if there's risk to our reputation and credibility, or if our obligations to maintain political neutrality are compromised. We will carefully consider each case on its own merits.

Creating a social media connection with someone does not mean Te Kura endorses them regardless of the terms used by social media providers such as 'follow' or 'like'.

We do not take sides. We may stay connected with people and groups who might not agree with us. However, we are not responsible for the content they post.

Use of social media by Te Kura kaimahi (staff)

Te Kura kaimahi are free to use social media in their personal lives. The opinions or views they expressed are their own, not ours.

Privacy

Find the Te Kura Ākonga, Whānau and Other Third Parties Privacy Statement on our Policies page.

Copyright

Unless otherwise indicated, the Te Kura created material on our social media accounts is Te Kura copyright, held by the Board of Trustees with all rights reserved. You cannot reproduce this material without express permission of Te Kura, this includes Te Kura kaimahi. If you wish to reproduce any content, contact media@tekura.school.nz.

Copyright of third parties

Our social media accounts may provide links to other websites or embed material which may contain information that is the copyright of third parties and subject to restrictions on use or reproduction.

You must get permission from the copyright owner to use:

• copyrighted materials from other websites, or
• material on our social media pages that is protected by the copyright of a third party.

Te Kura cannot give you this permission.

Licence

By submitting, posting, or displaying your content on any of our social media accounts, you grant Te Aho o Te Kura Pounamu a non-exclusive, transferable, sub-licensable, royalty-free, worldwide licence to use that content.

Disclaimer

The contents of our social media accounts are intended for informational purposes only. Te Aho o Te Kura Pounamu shall in no event accept any liability for loss or damage suffered by any person or body due to information provided on these sites or linked sites.

Social media sites may occasionally become unavailable. Te Kura cannot accept responsibility for lack of service due to downtime.

The information on our social media sites and all government web sites is provided on the basis that persons accessing the website undertake responsibility for assessing the relevance and accuracy of its content.

Contact

Email media@tekura.school.nz if you have any questions or comments about our social media accounts or these terms of use.