Last updated: 10 August 2026

 

1. About these Terms

 

Welcome to the website of St John Moraia Fijian Methodist Parish (“the Parish”, “we”, “us” or “our”).

 

These Terms and Conditions govern your access to and use of our website, online forms, media, member areas, donation facilities and other digital services made available through or in connection with this website.

 

By accessing or using this website, you agree to these Terms and Conditions.

 

If you do not agree with these Terms, please do not use the website.

 

Nothing in these Terms excludes, restricts or modifies any right or remedy that cannot lawfully be excluded under New Zealand law, including rights that may apply under the Fair Trading Act 1986 or Consumer Guarantees Act 1993. 

 

2. About St John Moraia Fijian Methodist Parish

 

St John Moraia Fijian Methodist Parish is a Christian church community based at:

 

49 Bryndwr Road

Fendalton

Christchurch 8052

New Zealand

 

Email: moraiamedia@gmail.com

 

Our website provides information about worship services, ministries, community activities, prayer, sermons and media, parish events and other church-related activities. The live website also provides facilities for prayer requests, joining or contacting the Parish and donations. 

 

3. Purpose of this website

 

This website is provided primarily for religious, pastoral, community and informational purposes.

 

Its content may include Christian teaching, Bible passages, sermons, devotional material, ministry information, photographs, videos, livestreams, event information and community notices.

 

Information on the website is provided in good faith. We endeavour to keep important parish information reasonably accurate and current, but church programmes, service times, events, speakers, activities and other information may change.

 

Where attendance at a particular event or service is important, visitors should confirm current details with the Parish.

 

4. Religious and pastoral content

 

The website contains Christian and Methodist religious material intended for worship, teaching, encouragement and pastoral purposes.

 

Sermons, prayers, devotionals and other religious material should be understood in that context.

 

Pastoral or prayer support offered through the website is not a substitute for professional medical, psychological, legal, financial or emergency assistance.

 

If you require professional assistance, you should seek advice from an appropriately qualified professional.

 

5. Prayer requests

 

Visitors may be able to submit prayer requests through the website.

 

Please provide only information that you are comfortable sharing with the Parish for prayer and pastoral purposes.

 

Prayer requests should not be used to submit unlawful, threatening, abusive, defamatory or deliberately false material.

 

We will endeavour to treat prayer requests respectfully and in accordance with our Privacy Policy.

 

Submitting a prayer request does not create a professional counselling, medical, legal or other professional relationship between you and the Parish.

 

6. Joining, contacting and communicating with the Parish

 

The website may allow you to provide your name, email address, telephone number or other information when contacting or expressing an interest in joining the Parish.

 

Submitting a form does not by itself guarantee membership, participation in a particular ministry, acceptance into an event or any particular response from the Parish.

 

Where appropriate, a Parish representative may contact you using the details you provide.

 

Any electronic communications that are subject to New Zealand's rules concerning commercial electronic messages will be handled in accordance with applicable requirements, including sender identification and unsubscribe requirements where those requirements apply. 

 

7. Members and restricted areas

 

Some areas of the website may be available only to Parish members or authorised users.

 

If you receive login details or create an account, you are responsible for taking reasonable care of your username, password and other access credentials.

 

You must not knowingly allow another person to use your account where access is intended to be personal.

 

We may restrict, suspend or remove access to a members-only area where reasonably necessary for security, administration, protection of other users or misuse of the website.

 

8. Donations and payments

 

The website may provide opportunities to make donations to the Parish or to activities supported by the Parish.

 

A donation is ordinarily a voluntary gift and not a purchase of goods or services.

 

Where online payments are processed by Wix or another payment provider, that provider may apply its own terms, privacy practices and technical requirements.

 

You are responsible for checking the amount and information entered before confirming a transaction.

 

Requests concerning payments made in error, duplicate payments or refunds will be considered in accordance with the Parish's Refund Policy and applicable law.

 

Nothing on this website should be interpreted as a guarantee that a donation will qualify for any particular tax treatment. Donors should obtain independent advice if tax treatment is important to them.

 

9. Events and activities

 

Information about church services, programmes, ministry activities, community events and other gatherings may be published on the website.

 

Dates, times, venues, speakers and programme details may change because of circumstances outside the Parish's control.

 

Where registration is required, additional event-specific conditions may apply.

 

The Parish may reasonably cancel, postpone, alter or restrict participation in an activity where necessary for safety, pastoral, operational or other legitimate reasons.

 

10. Children and young people

 

The Parish provides ministries and activities that may involve children and young people.

 

Children should use interactive website features and provide personal information only with appropriate guidance or consent from a parent, guardian or caregiver where appropriate.

 

Parents and caregivers remain responsible for supervising a child's use of the website.

 

Our handling of personal information about children and young people is addressed further in our Privacy Policy.

 

11. Photographs, videos and livestreams

 

The website may contain photographs, sermon posters, audio recordings, video recordings and livestreamed material from worship services and other Parish activities.

 

Some content may depict Parish members, ministers, speakers, visitors or community activities.

 

Use of personal information and identifiable media is addressed further in our Privacy Policy.

 

If you have a reasonable concern about an identifiable image or recording of yourself or a person for whom you are responsible, please contact moraiamedia@gmail.com.

 

12. Intellectual property

 

Unless otherwise stated, copyright and other intellectual property rights in original website content belong to the Parish or are used with permission from the relevant rights holder.

 

This may include text, graphics, photographs, sermon material, videos, logos, artwork, publications and other content.

 

New Zealand copyright is principally governed by the Copyright Act 1994. 

 

You may view the website and share links to publicly available pages for personal, church, educational or non-commercial purposes.

 

You must not reproduce, republish, sell, commercially exploit, materially alter or redistribute substantial website content without permission where permission is legally required.

 

Nothing in these Terms limits any use that is permitted by applicable copyright law.

 

Third-party material remains the property of its respective copyright owner.

 

13. Parish logo and identity

 

The name, logo and identifying material of St John Moraia Fijian Methodist Parish must not be used in a way that falsely suggests endorsement, sponsorship, authorisation or affiliation with the Parish.

 

Permission should be obtained before using Parish branding for commercial purposes or to represent an organisation, event or publication as officially connected with the Parish.

 

14. Content submitted by visitors

 

If you voluntarily provide material for public publication, such as a testimony, photograph, event contribution or other media, you confirm that you have the right to provide that material.

 

Where you expressly submit content for publication, you give the Parish permission to use it for the purpose for which it was provided.

 

This provision does not mean that private prayer requests, pastoral messages, contact forms or other information submitted privately may be publicly published. Those forms are treated according to their stated purpose and our Privacy Policy.

 

15. Acceptable use

 

You must not use this website to break the law, impersonate another person, interfere with the security or operation of the website, introduce malicious software, attempt unauthorised access to restricted areas, misuse forms or member accounts, harass other people, submit deliberately harmful or unlawful content, or falsely represent yourself as acting for the Parish.

 

We may block or restrict access where reasonably necessary to protect the website, Parish systems, our members or other users.

 

16. Third-party websites and services

 

Our website may contain links to or integrations with third-party websites and services, including Bible resources, social-media platforms, video and livestreaming services, maps, payment systems and other organisations.

 

A link does not necessarily mean that the Parish controls or endorses everything on the external website.

 

Third-party services have their own terms, privacy policies and practices.

 

We are not responsible for the availability, security or content of websites operated independently of the Parish.

 

17. Website availability

 

We aim to keep the website reasonably available and useful, but we do not guarantee uninterrupted or error-free access.

 

The website may sometimes be unavailable because of maintenance, technical problems, internet outages, Wix services, third-party systems or circumstances outside our reasonable control.

 

We may change, suspend, remove or replace website features when reasonably necessary.

 

18. Accuracy of information

 

We take reasonable care when publishing Parish information but do not warrant that every item will always be complete, current or free from error.

 

Visitors should independently confirm information where relying on it could materially affect their decisions, particularly event dates, locations, payment information or other time-sensitive matters.

 

Nothing in these Terms permits misleading or deceptive conduct that is prohibited by applicable New Zealand law. The Fair Trading Act 1986 contains prohibitions relating to misleading and deceptive conduct and false or misleading representations. 

 

19. Limitation of liability

 

To the maximum extent permitted by law, the Parish will not be liable for indirect, incidental or consequential loss arising solely from use of, inability to use, or reliance on this website.

 

However, nothing in these Terms excludes or limits liability where doing so would be unlawful.

 

In particular, these Terms do not remove statutory consumer rights or remedies that cannot lawfully be excluded or restricted. The Consumer Guarantees Act restricts contracting out of its protections except in specified circumstances, and the Fair Trading Act also contains restrictions on contracting out. 

 

20. Privacy

 

Use of personal information collected through this website is governed by our Privacy Policy.

 

Our Privacy Policy explains the types of information we may collect, why we collect it, how it may be used or disclosed, how it is protected, and how individuals may request access to or correction of personal information.

 

By using forms or other interactive features, you should also read our Privacy Policy.

 

21. Accessibility

 

The Parish aims to make this website usable and accessible to as many people as reasonably possible.

 

Our approach, current accessibility goals and methods for reporting accessibility problems are described in our Accessibility Statement.

 

22. Changes to these Terms

 

We may update these Terms and Conditions when our website, ministries, online services or applicable legal requirements change.

 

The current version will be published on this website with the date it was last updated.

 

Continued use of the website after revised Terms are published means that your future use of the website will be governed by the revised Terms, subject always to applicable law.

 

23. New Zealand law

 

These Terms are governed by the laws of New Zealand.

 

Subject to any mandatory rights that apply to a user in another jurisdiction, disputes concerning these Terms or use of the website will be subject to the jurisdiction of the New Zealand courts.

 

Nothing in this provision removes legal rights that cannot lawfully be excluded because a visitor accesses the website from another country.

 

24. Severability

 

If any provision of these Terms is found to be unlawful, invalid or unenforceable, that provision will be interpreted or limited to the minimum extent necessary, where legally possible, without affecting the remaining provisions.

 

25. No waiver

 

If the Parish does not immediately enforce a right under these Terms, that does not necessarily mean that the Parish has waived that right.

 

26. Contact

 

Questions about these Terms and Conditions may be directed to:

 

St John Moraia Fijian Methodist Parish

49 Bryndwr Road

Fendalton

Christchurch 8052

New Zealand

 

Email: moraiamedia@gmail.com