Website Terms of Use

1)    Application of these Terms

a)    These Terms apply to your access to and use of the Younity Website. By accessing and using the Website:

i)     you agree to these Terms; and

ii)    where your access and use is on behalf of another person or entity (for example, a company), you confirm that you are authorised to, and do in fact, agree to these Terms on that person’s behalf and that, by agreeing to these Terms on that person’s behalf, that person is bound by these Terms.

b)    If you do not agree to these Terms, you are not authorised to access and use the Website, and you must immediately stop doing so.

c)    These Terms govern your use of the Website only. If we supply recruitment or other services to you, those services are governed by a separate written agreement (for example, our terms of business for clients, or a contractor agreement). If there is any inconsistency between these Terms and the agreement in relation to those services, then the latter agreement prevails.

2)    Changes to these Terms

a)    We may change these Terms at any time by updating them on the Website. Unless stated otherwise, a change takes effect from the date it is published on the Website and applies to your use of the Website from that date. You are responsible for ensuring that you are familiar with the latest Terms. By continuing to access and use the Website, you agree to be bound by the changed Terms.

b)    We may change, suspend, discontinue or restrict access to the Website, or any part of it, at any time without notice or liability.

c)    These Terms were last updated on 24th August 2026.

3)    Definitions

a)    In these Terms:

i)     Content means any information, data, text, files, images, documents, links or other material.

ii)    Including and similar words do not imply any limit.

iii)   Loss includes loss of profits, savings, revenue or data, and any other claim, damage, loss, liability and cost, including legal costs on a solicitor and own client basis.

iv)   Personal information has the meaning given to it in the Privacy Act 2020.

v)    Privacy Policy means our privacy policy published at www.younity.co.nz/privacy-policy, as updated from time to time.

vi)   Terms means these terms and conditions titled Website Terms of Use.

vii)  Underlying System means any network, system, software, data or material that underlies or is connected to the Website.

viii) User Content means any Content you submit, upload, post or otherwise make available through the Website, including your CV, job applications, vacancy details, referrals and feedback.

ix)   User ID means a unique name and/or password allocated to you to allow you to access certain parts of the Website.

x)    We, us or our means Younity Limited (NZBN 9429046382559) and, where the context requires, the other companies covered by our Privacy Policy, being Younity South Island Limited and Ingenium NZ Limited.

xi)   Website means www.younity.co.nz, including its subdomains and associated pages and any candidate or client portal we make available through it.

xii)  You means you, or, if clause 1(a)(ii) applies, both you and the other person or entity on whose behalf you are acting.

4)    Your Obligations

a)    You must provide true, current and complete information in your dealings with us (including if you set up an account with us or submit User Content) and must promptly update that information as required so that it remains true, current and complete.

b)    You must not use the Website for any purpose other than the purposes for which it is made available, being to find out about us and our services, to seek or advertise employment or contracting opportunities, and to contact us.

c)    You must not:

i)     act in a way, or use or introduce anything (including any virus, worm, Trojan horse, timebomb, ransomware, keystroke logger, spyware or other similar feature) that in any way compromises, or may compromise, the Website or any Underlying System, or otherwise attempt to damage or interfere with the Website or any Underlying System;

ii)    access, or attempt to access, any part of the Website, any Underlying System or any data that you are not authorised to access, including in any way that is or may be an offence under sections 249 to 252 of the Crimes Act 1961;

iii)   unless we agree in writing, access the Website by any method other than a standard web browser or any application we make available. Other methods include scraping, deep-linking, harvesting, data mining, use of a robot, spider or automated agent, or any similar data gathering, extraction or monitoring method;

iv)   use any Content obtained from the Website (including candidate details, client details, contact details or job listings) to compile or add to a database, to provide or support competing recruitment services, or for any direct marketing purpose;

v)    use the Website to send, or to obtain address information for the purpose of sending, any commercial electronic message in breach of the Unsolicited Electronic Messages Act 2007; or

vi)   use the Website in any way that breaches any applicable law, including the Privacy Act 2020, the Fair Trading Act 1986, the Human Rights Act 1993 and the Harmful Digital Communications Act 2015.

d)    You may link to the home page of the Website provided you do so in a way that is fair and lawful, does not damage or take unfair advantage of our reputation, and does not suggest any form of association, approval or endorsement by us where none exists. We may withdraw permission to link at any time by notifying you. If you wish to link to any other page, email your request to jobs@younity.co.nz.

e)    You indemnify us against all Loss we suffer or incur as a direct or indirect result of your breach of these Terms or of any applicable law, including any breach by a person who accesses and uses the Website using your User ID.

5)    Accounts and User IDs

a)    Some parts of the Website, including any candidate or client portal, require you to register for an account and to be issued with a User ID.

b)    If you are given a User ID, you must:

i)     keep your User ID secure, and not permit any other person to use it, including by disclosing or providing it to any other person;

ii)    take reasonable steps to protect your account, including by using a strong and unique password; and

iii)   immediately notify us if you become aware of any disclosure of, or unauthorised access to or use of, your User ID or account, by emailing privacy@younity.co.nz.

c)    You are responsible for all activity that occurs under your User ID, except to the extent that activity is caused by our breach of these Terms or our negligence.

d)    We may cancel or suspend a User ID at any time, including where an account has been inactive for an extended period.

e)    If a privacy breach affects your personal information and that breach is notifiable under Part 6 of the Privacy Act 2020, we will notify you and the Office of the Privacy Commissioner as required by that Act.

6)    Content You Submit

a)    You retain ownership of your User Content. By submitting User Content, you grant us a non-exclusive, royalty-free licence to use, store, copy, adapt, publish and communicate that User Content to the extent necessary to operate the Website and to provide our recruitment services, in each case in accordance with our Privacy Policy.

b)    You warrant that:

i)     you own, or have all necessary rights, authorities and consents to submit, your User Content and to grant the licence in clause 6(a);

ii)    your User Content is true, current and complete, and is not misleading or deceptive or likely to mislead or deceive;

iii)   your User Content does not breach any person’s intellectual property rights, confidentiality obligations or privacy, and does not contain personal information about any other person unless you are authorised to provide that information to us; and

iv)   your User Content is not unlawful, defamatory, discriminatory, harassing, offensive or otherwise objectionable, and does not breach the Harmful Digital Communications Act 2015.

c)    We do not routinely monitor or moderate User Content. We may, but are not obliged to, review, edit, refuse to publish, or remove any User Content at any time, without notice and without giving reasons.

d)    Any personal information contained in your User Content is collected, used, stored and disclosed in accordance with our Privacy Policy.

7)    Job Listings, Applications and Referrals

a)    Job listings and other Content on the Website are provided as information only. While we take reasonable care, we do not warrant that any listing is accurate, current or complete, or that an advertised role is or remains available.

b)    Applying for a role through the Website does not create any employment relationship, contract or obligation between you and us, or between you and any client of ours. We give no guarantee that you will be contacted, shortlisted, interviewed or placed.

c)    We do not charge candidates any fee or premium for finding, or attempting to find, them work, consistent with section 12A of the Wages Protection Act 1983. If any person asks you for a payment in connection with a Younity role, please contact us immediately.

d)    If you refer another person to us through the Website, you confirm that you are authorised to give us that person’s personal information and that you have told them you are doing so. You acknowledge that we may contact that person and that we will notify them of our collection of their information as required by information privacy principle 3A of the Privacy Act 2020.

e)    If you submit a vacancy or other client information through the Website, you must ensure it is accurate and not misleading, and that the role, its description and any selection criteria comply with the Human Rights Act 1993, the Employment Relations Act 2000, the Immigration Act 2009 and all other applicable laws. We may decline to publish, or may remove, any vacancy at our discretion.

8)    Privacy

a)    We collect, use, store and disclose personal information in accordance with the Privacy Act 2020 (as amended, including by the Privacy Amendment Act 2025) and our Privacy Policy.

b)    Our Privacy Policy is available at www.younity.co.nz/privacy-policy and forms part of these Terms. It sets out what personal information we collect, how we use and disclose it, how it is handled if it is sent to or stored by a person outside New Zealand, how long we keep it, and how you may exercise your rights to access and correct your personal information under information privacy principles 6 and 7 of the Privacy Act 2020.

c)    You are not required to provide personal information to us, although if you choose not to do so we may be unable to make certain parts of the Website, or certain services, available to you.

d)    The Website uses cookies and similar technologies to enable it to function, to remember your preferences, and to help us understand how the Website is used. You can disable cookies through your browser settings, but if you do so some functions of the Website may not be available to you. Further detail is set out in our Privacy Policy.

e)    Our Privacy Officer can be contacted at privacy@younity.co.nz or on +64 9 217 3726. If you are not satisfied with how we have responded to a privacy issue, you may complain to the Office of the Privacy Commissioner (www.privacy.org.nz).

9)    Electronic Communications

a)    You consent to us giving you information, and communicating with you, in electronic form (including by email) in relation to your use of the Website and your dealings with us. You agree that this satisfies any legal requirement that the information be given to you in writing, in accordance with Part 4 of the Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017. You may withdraw this consent at any time by notifying us, although if you do so we may be unable to continue to make some parts of the Website or our services available to you.

b)    Where we send you a commercial electronic message, we will do so in accordance with the Unsolicited Electronic Messages Act 2007. Each such message will identify us and include a functional unsubscribe facility. You may unsubscribe at any time using that facility or by emailing privacy@younity.co.nz. Unsubscribing from marketing messages does not stop us sending you messages that are necessary for a service you have asked for, such as an update on a role you have applied for.

10)  Intellectual Property

a)    We (and our licensors) own all proprietary and intellectual property rights on the Website (including all information, data, text, graphics, artwork, photographs, logos, icons, sound recordings, videos, and look and feel) and the Underlying Systems, other than your User Content.

b)    Your use of the Website does not transfer any intellectual property rights to you. You may view Content on the Website, and print or download a single copy of it, for your own personal or internal business use in connection with seeking or advertising a role, provided you do not remove any copyright or other proprietary notice. Any other use, including reproduction, adaptation, distribution or republication, requires our prior written consent, except to the extent permitted by the Copyright Act 1994.

c)    “Younity” and our logos are our trade marks. You must not use them without our prior written consent.

11)  Third Party Sites and Services

a)    The Website may contain links to, or be integrated with, websites and services operated by third parties, for example applicant tracking, job board, payroll, background checking, video conferencing or analytics providers. Those websites and services are not under our control. A link does not imply any endorsement, approval or recommendation of, or responsibility for, those websites or services or their contents, operations, products or operators.

b)    Your use of a third party website or service is governed by that third party’s terms and privacy policy, not these Terms.

12)  Disclaimers

a)    To the extent permitted by law, we and our licensors have no liability or responsibility to you or any other person for any Loss in connection with:

i)     the Website being unavailable (in whole or in part) or performing slowly;

ii)    any error in, or omission from, any Content made available through the Website, including any job listing;

iii)   any User Content, or any act or omission of any other user of the Website;

iv)   any exposure to viruses or other forms of interference which may damage your computer system or expose you to fraud when you access or use the Website. To avoid doubt, you are responsible for ensuring the process by which you access and use the Website protects you from this; and

v)    any website or service linked from, or integrated with, the Website.

b)    Content on the Website is general information only. It is not legal, employment, immigration, tax or financial advice, and must not be relied on as such. If you need advice about your particular circumstances, you should obtain it from an appropriately qualified adviser.

c)    We make no representation or warranty that the Website is appropriate or available for use in all countries, or that the Content satisfies the laws of all countries. You are responsible for ensuring that your access to and use of the Website is not illegal or prohibited, and for your own compliance with applicable local laws.

13)  Liability

a)    Nothing in these Terms limits or excludes any right or remedy you have under the Consumer Guarantees Act 1993, the Fair Trading Act 1986, or any other consumer protection law that cannot be excluded, to the extent those laws apply to you.

b)    If you access and use the Website in trade (that is, for the purposes of a business), you and we agree that:

i)     the Consumer Guarantees Act 1993 does not apply, and you and we contract out of it under section 43 of that Act;

ii)    sections 9, 12A and 13 of the Fair Trading Act 1986 do not apply, and you and we contract out of them under section 5D of that Act; and

c)    we acknowledge that each of us has the opportunity to obtain independent legal advice before agreeing to these Terms, that access to the Website is provided free of charge, and that you are able to evaluate the Website before relying on it, and agree that it is accordingly fair and reasonable that we are each bound by this clause 13(b).To the maximum extent permitted by law, and subject to clause 13(a):

i)     you access and use the Website at your own risk; and

ii)    we are not liable or responsible to you or any other person for any Loss under or in connection with these Terms, the Website, or your access and use of (or inability to access or use) the Website. This exclusion applies regardless of whether our liability or responsibility arises in contract, tort (including negligence), equity, breach of statutory duty, or otherwise.

d)    To the maximum extent permitted by law, and only to the extent that clauses 13(a) to 13(c) do not apply, our total aggregate liability to you under or in connection with these Terms, the Website, or your access and use of (or inability to access or use) the Website, for all claims arising in any 12 month period, must not exceed NZD $1,000.

e)    Neither party is liable to the other for any failure to perform, or delay in performing, its obligations under these Terms to the extent that the failure or delay is caused by something outside that party’s reasonable control.

14)  Suspension and Termination

a)    Without prejudice to any other right or remedy available to us, if we consider that you have breached these Terms, or we otherwise consider it appropriate, we may immediately and without notice suspend or terminate your access to the Website (or any part of it) and cancel any User ID issued to you.

b)    On suspension or termination, you must immediately cease using the Website and must not attempt to gain further access.

c)    Suspension or termination does not affect any rights or obligations that have accrued before it takes effect and does not affect our handling of your personal information, which continues to be governed by our Privacy Policy.

15)  Resolving Disputes

a)    If a dispute arises in connection with these Terms or the Website, please contact us first at jobs@younity.co.nz so that we can try to resolve it. Both parties will use reasonable efforts to resolve the dispute by discussion in good faith before commencing any proceedings. Nothing in this clause prevents either party from seeking urgent interim relief from a court.

b)    Nothing in this clause affects your right to complain to the Office of the Privacy Commissioner about a privacy issue, to the Commerce Commission about a consumer law issue, or, if you are a consumer, to bring a claim in the Disputes Tribunal.

16)  General

a)    If we need to contact you, we may do so by email using the most recent email address you have given us, or by posting a notice on the Website.

b)    These Terms, and any dispute relating to these Terms or the Website, are governed by and must be interpreted in accordance with the laws of New Zealand. Each party submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of New Zealand in relation to any dispute connected with these Terms or the Website.

c)    For us to waive a right under these Terms, the waiver must be in writing.

d)    You may not assign or transfer your rights or obligations under these Terms. We may assign or transfer our rights and obligations under these Terms, including in connection with a sale, reorganisation or restructure of our business.

e)    Nothing in these Terms creates a partnership, joint venture, agency or employment relationship between you and us.

f)     Clauses which, by their nature, are intended to survive termination of these Terms, including clauses 4(e), 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14(c), 15 and 16, continue in force.

g)    If any part or provision of these Terms is or becomes illegal, unenforceable or invalid, that part or provision is deemed to be modified to the extent required to remedy the illegality, unenforceability or invalidity. If modification is not possible, the part or provision must be treated for all purposes as severed from these Terms. The remainder of these Terms will continue to be binding on you.

h)    These Terms set out everything agreed by the parties relating to your use of the Website, and supersede and cancel anything discussed, exchanged or agreed prior to you agreeing to these Terms. The parties have not relied on any representation, warranty or agreement relating to the Website that is not expressly set out in these Terms, and no such representation, warranty or agreement has any effect from the date you agreed to these Terms.

i)     Contact us: Younity Limited, Level 12, 10 Customhouse Quay, Wellington 6011, New Zealand. Email jobs@younity.co.nz (general) or privacy@younity.co.nz (privacy). Phone +64 9 217 3726.