giveaway Terms and Conditions

First Birthday Social Media Competition
Terms and Conditions

WQ Hotel welcomes entries to its ‘First Birthday’ social media competition. By entering this Competition, participants are deemed to have read, understood and accepted the following terms and conditions.

How to Enter

1. To enter the promotion a participant must: a) Follow WQ and Frankies on Facebook b) Follow WQ Hotel and Frankies on Instagram and c) Upload a photo of themselves at Frankies Bar or in WQ Hotel during WQ Hotel Birthday month 1-30 October 2026, and d) tag in WQ Hotel or Frankies hotel with the post.

2. The Competition begins on Monday 1 October and ends 11.59am Friday 30 October 2026. Entries received after this time will only be accepted at the discretion of the hotel.

3. Entry is only open to New Zealand residents, aged 18 years and over.

4. Participants may enter the Competition more than once.

The Prize

5. There is one prize to be won every Friday across WQ Hotel Facebook and Instagram combined accounts. The prize winners will be randomly selected from all valid entries.

6. Each weekly winner will be announced on Friday 12noon via WQ Hotel and Frankies Facebook and Instagram pages. The winner will be notified via direct message from either Facebook or Instagram.

7. The winner will receive: 1x $50 bar tab voucher for Frankies, valid for 12 months.

8. If the prize winner cannot be contacted within 5 days of the Prize draw, the Hotel reserves the right to draw another winner.

9. The voucher will be emailed to the winner. Email address to be provided when direct message winner notification is made.

10. The Prize is not transferable, negotiable, and non-refundable and may not be exchangeable for cash or any other voucher type. The Prize may only be claimed by the prize winner.

11. If a prize winner declines a Prize or does not collect their Prize within 5 days of notification that they are a prize winner, that Prize is immediately forfeited and no compensation will be payable. The Hotel reserves the right to redraw the winner of that Prize.

Other

12. These terms and conditions may be amended, and the Competition may be amended, varied, extended or discontinued at any time by the Promoter.

13. The Promoter’s decisions on all matters related to the Competition are final and no correspondence will be entered into.

14. The prize winner grants the Promoter permission to use their name and image in connection with the Competition and for future promotion and marketing purposes and waive any claims to royalty, right or remuneration for such use. This includes the right to use on the Promoter’s website, email newsletters, media and social media (including Facebook and Instagram or such other similar social media platform as the hotel chooses). The prize winner further consents to participate and co-operate as required in all promotional activities relating to the Competition and Prize including but not limited to being filmed and photographed during the redemption of the Prize for use by the hotel, including on social media channels and any other promotional channels of the hotel, without any claim to compensation from the participant.

15. Late, misdirected, illegal, incomplete or illegible entries are invalid. Only original, legitimate entries will be accepted. The Promoter is not responsible for any error, technical malfunction, loss, omission, communications delay or failure in relation to the entries.

16. Every participant warrants that all information submitted is true, correct and complete. The Promoter reserves the right to disqualify any participant who does not comply with these terms and conditions.

17. Employees (and such employees' immediate families, including an employee’s spouse, defacto spouse, child, parent, or sibling) of the hotel, Marsden Group, or any agency involved with the Competition, and the immediate families of such employees, and anyone not a resident of New Zealand at the time of the Prize draw, are not eligible to win the Prize.

18. The Promoter reserves the right, at any time, to verify the validity of entries and participants (including a participant’s identity, age and place of residence).

19. The Promoter reserves the right to exclude any participant from participating in the Competition in its sole discretion, to the fullest extent permitted by the law. The Promoter reserves the right to refuse to award a Prize to a participant who is in breach of these terms and conditions, gained an unfair advantage in participating in the Competition or has won a Prize by using fraudulent or dishonest means, including but not limited to submitting false or misleading information. Errors and omissions may be accepted at the Promoter’s sole discretion.

20. Failure by the Promoter to enforce any of its rights at any stage does not constitute a waiver of those rights.

21. The Promoter’s decision is final, and no correspondence will be entered into.

22. The Promoter (including its officers, employees and agents) excludes all liability for any loss (including and without limitation any indirect, special or consequential loss), damage (including loss of opportunity) or personal injury suffered by any person in connection with the Competition or the Prize, including, but not limited to, where arising out of the following: (a) any technical difficulties, equipment malfunction or human error (whether or not within the Promoter’s control); (b) any theft, unauthorised access or third party interference; (c) any entry that is late, lost, altered, damaged or misdirected due to any reason beyond the reasonable control of the Promoter; (d) any variation in Prize value or the Prize to that stated in these terms and conditions; (e) any tax liability incurred by a winner or claimant; or (f) use of the Prize, including any costs and expenses that may be incurred by the prize winner relating to the Prize or the prize winner’s enjoyment of that Prize, except for any liability that cannot be excluded by law.

23. As a condition of participating in the promotion, the prize winner indemnifies the Promoter, all organisers, sponsors and all other persons and organisations associated in any way with the promotion against all claims, damages, liabilities, costs and expenses (including legal fees on a solicitor and client basis) which the prize winner may incur arising out of their participation in the promotion and/or using the Prize, howsoever caused.

24. These terms and conditions shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of New Zealand and shall be subject to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of New Zealand courts.

25. The Promoter is WQ Hotel, 24 Hawkestone Street, Thorndon, Wellington 6011