Publishing terms and conditions

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1. This Agreement becomes binding when the Publisher receives the Advertiser’s signed acceptance of these terms. No advertising space is confirmed or reserved until acceptance is received.

2. Cancellation Policy: No charge within 24 hours of your acceptance of these terms. Thereafter:
a) 15% of the cost, or
b) 50% of the cost for a prime position (including covers, stipulated page numbers, inserts, lead position in feature), or
c) 100% of the cost if cancelled after providing advertisement copy or within 10 business days of the advertisement copy due date.
If the cancelled advertisement is part of a booking schedule, any discount amount will be charged back for any advertisement printed as part of that schedule.
You agree to pay any relevant charge detailed in this cancellation policy, and you agree that these charges are genuine pre-estimates of actual loss that would be suffered by Downing Design Ltd in the event of such a cancellation.

3. The Publisher reserves the right to:
Decline, cancel, remove or amend any advertisement or editorial content at its discretion.
Repeat previously supplied advertising material if new material is not received by the specified deadline.
Determine final placement, layout, and presentation of all advertising and editorial content.
The publisher reserves the right to cancel the advertisement or publication at our discretion. If this occurs then any amounts paid will be refunded in full and this shall be the Advertiser’s sole remedy.

4. The Advertiser warrants that all advertising and editorial content supplied:
Is accurate, lawful, and not misleading
Complies with the Fair Trading Act 1986 and all applicable laws
Does not infringe any intellectual property, copyright, or thirdparty rights
The Advertiser indemnifies and holds harmless Downing Design Ltd against all claims, losses, damages, costs, and expenses arising from the publication of the supplied content.

5. All amounts are payable within 20 days of the invoice date. If payment is not made by the due date, the Publisher may:
Charge interest at a rate of 2% per month (or part thereof), and
Recover all reasonable costs incurred in recovering the debt, including legal and collection costs.
The Publisher reserves the right to withhold publication of the advertisement until payment is received in full.

6. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of New Zealand. The parties submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the New Zealand courts.

7. The Publisher will use reasonable endeavours to publish the advertisement as scheduled but shall not be liable for delays or failure to publish caused by events beyond its reasonable control, including printing delays, supply chain disruption, or force majeure events.

8. The signatory warrants that they are authorised to enter into this Agreement on behalf of the Advertiser.