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Unless otherwise indicated (either below or within the specific information), Crown copyright material on www.consumerprotection.govt.nz is licensed for re-use under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial 4.0 International Licence.
In essence, you are free to copy, distribute, and use the material, for any purpose other than commercial purposes (you need to get the Ministry’s permission first if you want to use it commercially).
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Exceptions
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- any logos, emblems and trademarks on the website
- the website’s design elements
- any photography and imagery.
Please note that neither the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment emblem nor the New Zealand Government logo may be used in any way which infringes any provision of the Flags, Emblems, and Names Protection Act 1981(external link) or would infringe such provision if the relevant use occurred within New Zealand.
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