Terms & Conditions

Welcome to Peoples Assembly!

These terms and conditions outline the rules and regulations for the use of Peoples Assembly's Website, located at https://peoplesassembly.org.nz.

By accessing this website we assume you accept these terms and conditions. Do not continue to use Peoples Assembly if you do not agree to take all of the terms and conditions stated on this page.

The following terminology applies to these Terms and Conditions, Privacy Statement and Disclaimer Notice and all Agreements: "Client", "You" and "Your" refers to you, the person log on this website and compliant to the Company's terms and conditions. "The Company", "Ourselves", "We", "Our" and "Us", refers to our Company. "Party", "Parties", or "Us", refers to both the Client and ourselves. All terms refer to the offer, acceptance and consideration of payment necessary to undertake the process of our assistance to the Client in the most appropriate manner for the express purpose of meeting the Client's needs in respect of provision of the Company's stated services, in accordance with and subject to, prevailing law of nz. Any use of the above terminology or other words in the singular, plural, capitalization and/or he/she or they, are taken as interchangeable and therefore as referring to same.

Cookies

We employ the use of cookies. By accessing Peoples Assembly, you agreed to use cookies in agreement with the Peoples Assembly's Privacy Policy.

Most interactive websites use cookies to let us retrieve the user's details for each visit. Cookies are used by our website to enable the functionality of certain areas to make it easier for people visiting our website. Some of our affiliate/advertising partners may also use cookies.

License

Unless otherwise stated, Peoples Assembly and/or its licensors own the intellectual property rights for all material on Peoples Assembly. All intellectual property rights are reserved. You may access this from Peoples Assembly for your own personal use subjected to restrictions set in these terms and conditions.

You must not:

  • Republish material from Peoples Assembly
  • Sell, rent or sub-license material from Peoples Assembly
  • Reproduce, duplicate or copy material from Peoples Assembly
  • Redistribute content from Peoples Assembly

This Agreement shall begin on the date hereof. Our Terms and Conditions were created with the help of the Free Terms and Conditions Generator.

Parts of this website offer an opportunity for users to post and exchange opinions and information in certain areas of the website. Peoples Assembly does not filter, edit, publish or review Comments prior to their presence on the website. Comments do not reflect the views and opinions of Peoples Assembly,its agents and/or affiliates. Comments reflect the views and opinions of the person who post their views and opinions. To the extent permitted by applicable laws, Peoples Assembly shall not be liable for the Comments or for any liability, damages or expenses caused and/or suffered as a result of any use of and/or posting of and/or appearance of the Comments on this website.

Peoples Assembly reserves the right to monitor all Comments and to remove any Comments which can be considered inappropriate, offensive or causes breach of these Terms and Conditions.

You warrant and represent that:

  • You are entitled to post the Comments on our website and have all necessary licenses and consents to do so;
  • The Comments do not invade any intellectual property right, including without limitation copyright, patent or trademark of any third party;
  • The Comments do not contain any defamatory, libelous, offensive, indecent or otherwise unlawful material which is an invasion of privacy
  • The Comments will not be used to solicit or promote business or custom or present commercial activities or unlawful activity.

You hereby grant Peoples Assembly a non-exclusive license to use, reproduce, edit and authorize others to use, reproduce and edit any of your Comments in any and all forms, formats or media.

Hyperlinking to our Content

The following organizations may link to our Website without prior written approval:

  • Government agencies;
  • Search engines;
  • News organizations;
  • Online directory distributors may link to our Website in the same manner as they hyperlink to the Websites of other listed businesses; and
  • System wide Accredited Businesses except soliciting non-profit organizations, charity shopping malls, and charity fundraising groups which may not hyperlink to our Web site.

These organizations may link to our home page, to publications or to other Website information so long as the link: (a) is not in any way deceptive; (b) does not falsely imply sponsorship, endorsement or approval of the linking party and its products and/or services; and (c) fits within the context of the linking party's site.

We may consider and approve other link requests from the following types of organizations:

  • commonly-known consumer and/or business information sources;
  • dot.com community sites;
  • associations or other groups representing charities;
  • online directory distributors;
  • internet portals;
  • accounting, law and consulting firms; and
  • educational institutions and trade associations.

We will approve link requests from these organizations if we decide that: (a) the link would not make us look unfavorably to ourselves or to our accredited businesses; (b) the organization does not have any negative records with us; (c) the benefit to us from the visibility of the hyperlink compensates the absence of Peoples Assembly; and (d) the link is in the context of general resource information.

These organizations may link to our home page so long as the link: (a) is not in any way deceptive; (b) does not falsely imply sponsorship, endorsement or approval of the linking party and its products or services; and (c) fits within the context of the linking party's site.

If you are one of the organizations listed in paragraph 2 above and are interested in linking to our website, you must inform us by sending an e-mail to Peoples Assembly. Please include your name, your organization name, contact information as well as the URL of your site, a list of any URLs from which you intend to link to our Website, and a list of the URLs on our site to which you would like to link. Wait 2-3 weeks for a response.

Approved organizations may hyperlink to our Website as follows:

  • By use of our corporate name; or
  • By use of the uniform resource locator being linked to; or
  • By use of any other description of our Website being linked to that makes sense within the context and format of content on the linking party's site.

No use of Peoples Assembly's logo or other artwork will be allowed for linking absent a trademark license agreement.

iFrames

Without prior approval and written permission, you may not create frames around our Webpages that alter in any way the visual presentation or appearance of our Website.

Content Liability

We shall not be hold responsible for any content that appears on your Website. You agree to protect and defend us against all claims that is rising on your Website. No link(s) should appear on any Website that may be interpreted as libelous, obscene or criminal, or which infringes, otherwise violates, or advocates the infringement or other violation of, any third party rights.

Reservation of Rights

We reserve the right to request that you remove all links or any particular link to our Website. You approve to immediately remove all links to our Website upon request. We also reserve the right to amen these terms and conditions and it's linking policy at any time. By continuously linking to our Website, you agree to be bound to and follow these linking terms and conditions.

Removal of links from our website

If you find any link on our Website that is offensive for any reason, you are free to contact and inform us any moment. We will consider requests to remove links but we are not obligated to or so or to respond to you directly.

We do not ensure that the information on this website is correct, we do not warrant its completeness or accuracy; nor do we promise to ensure that the website remains available or that the material on the website is kept up to date.

Disclaimer

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, we exclude all representations, warranties and conditions relating to our website and the use of this website. Nothing in this disclaimer will:

  • limit or exclude our or your liability for death or personal injury;
  • limit or exclude our or your liability for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation;
  • limit any of our or your liabilities in any way that is not permitted under applicable law; or
  • exclude any of our or your liabilities that may not be excluded under applicable law.

The limitations and prohibitions of liability set in this Section and elsewhere in this disclaimer: (a) are subject to the preceding paragraph; and (b) govern all liabilities arising under the disclaimer, including liabilities arising in contract, in tort and for breach of statutory duty.

As long as the website and the information and services on the website are provided free of charge, we will not be liable for any loss or damage of any nature.

Our Pinciples

Integrity Is Everything

Having basic fundamental moralistic and ethical principles are what guide us to say and do the right thing by ourselves and others regardless of personal cost.  It's what separates us from those who thirst for positions of power and influence who clearly have allowed their own integrity to compromised for one reason or another.  Thus, rather than expect them to change their ways we must become the change in the world that we long to see become the norm.

Without it what are we?  Take the MSM for example, they have very little integrity these days because they cannot be trusted let alone respected to tell the truth.  Their bias towards one particular political ideology over another is clear as day,  Worse still is how they treat others with opposing views without even daring to look into the eye's of the soul when the stand in front on a mirror.  We must rise above this way of thinking and being and strive to be a better version of ourselves today than we were yesterday.

By all means, we're fully aware that when word gets around about People's Assembly, we'll be targeted by the same individuals and the organizations that server their own interests and not those of the people as a whole.  Thus we, the people behind People's Assembly know full well we must rise above the rhetoric and not compromise ourselves in any way, shape or form.  We must stay true and just to the basic fundamental principles that not only makes us human, but also to the very fundamental principles that are the basis of every a free and open democratic society.

Online Etiquette

We all have our shadow selves that we keep hidden behind the masks we wear out in public.  When left unchecked our masks will slip of because our words do not align with our actions and reveals the fact the we have much work left to do on ourselves and our self control.  Hence, when we are online he have a false sense of security that we can take our masks off and behave in ways we would never do in public.  You can always judge the true strength and nature of a persons character by their etiquette in how they treat others online.  If it doesn't mirror their offline persona in the real world it simply means that in real life they are not who they pretend to be.   Hence, we've put the following guidelines togther that we should all learn to put into practice in our daily lives as it allows us all to stop pretending to be something we're not and allows us to be our true selves.

No. 1 - Be Open, Honest & Transparent

Until we can look ourselves in the eye in the mirror and be honest with ourselves can we be open, honest and transparent with others.  It allows us to become comfortable and unafraid of our truth selves and fearless of what others might think of us.

No. 2 - Freedom Of Speech

To think freely we must be able to speak freely so that we can air our thoughts, ideas, opinions and beliefs.  Those who wish to control free speech wish to control how we think and how we act.  Having the freedom to speak does not give us freedom from responsibility from the consequence of what we say.  One tried and tested way to achieve this is the practice of speaking from the heart as the mind is often plagued by the master trickster called the ego which left unchecked can turn into man's worst enemy.   Hence offense is often taken but not given when the ego feels it is offended and when it is your heart will tell you  whether its because of an objective truth or a subjective falsehoods.

No. 3 - Take Ownership & Responsibility

None of us are perfect as we've made mistakes and been wrong in the past as its all part of the great learning curve of life.  So there's nothing ashamed about being wrong as one of the most liberating things we can all do is admit it, own it and take responsibility.  It's how we learn, grow and evolve as a person because the wisdom of experience from past mistakes usually occurs two minutes after we learnt the hard way.  It's also one of the fastest ways to earn respect from others.

No. 4 - Tolerance

We come from all walks in life of many different shapes and sizes of different experiences, opinions and belief systems.  We all have something worthwhile to contribute in life no matter what group or ideology we align with. Some of the best conversations we can have are with those that disagree with us as because our worse enemies can teach us the best lessons in life. Just remember, there are more things that bind us together than separates us and whilst we might disagree with some things, doesn't mean there are things we cannot agree on, even if we agree to disagree.

No. 5 - Facts & Figures

Whilst there is only one fundamental truth, facts & figures can be used to either support or distorted it.  Despite this they are fundamental to every exchange as they formulate our thoughts, opinions, beliefs, words and actions.  Only the facts and figures that support fundamental truth are fearless in the eyes of scrutiny and stand the test of time.  Thus if you can support what you say by producing facts & figures that stand up to scrutiny over time the more likely your viewpoint isn't just an opinions, its far more probable to be a fundamental truth.

No. 6 - It's Not About Left Or Right

In politics people often get caught up in the age old trap of thinking that its left vs right, us against them when in truth its about right vs wrong.  It's the same in religion in respect to whose god is the real god when in truth you don't need to follow any god to be a good person and walk a more godly life as seen by their actions.

No. 7 - Treat Others Online How You Would Treat Them Face To Face

We all know how debates can get heated from time to time so please remember to be respectful to one another.  Discuss and argue your points like adults, not children.  Don't insult or belittle others if they have a different viewpoint or opinion to yourself because those who resort to abuse and insults often have run out of anything worthy to contribute as they've lost the argument and have nothing else to discuss.  Being civil to one another is a fundamental basis of a civilized society and civilization.

No. 8 - Nothing Illegal Or Immoral

Whilst discussing mankind's corrupt, illegal and immoral tendencies is one thing, it should never be promoted or advertised as a way of being.  In regards to morality there will always be things that offend and go against our and moral fibers.  As long as no harm is being done between consenting adults its wiser to question our own subjective belief systems and put things into context.  By becoming a member of Locale you agree not to post anything homophobic, racist, sexist, transphobic, xenophobic, sexually explicit or content that incites violence and hatred towards fellow humans.

Rules Of Engagement

The freedom to speak is the freedom to think and share our thoughts, ideas, opinions, beliefs, ideologies, knowledge, skills, and experiences with others no matter how difficult others find it to accept or understand them.

Like truth, only those that stand up to logic, reason, common sense and supported by undisputed evidence live to stand up to the test of time whilst all others fall away into the shadows. With such freedoms comes responsibility as we are accountable as much for the words we speak as we are with our actions, so use them wisely.

We all have the freedom of thought, conscience, religion, expression, belief, peaceful assembly, association, movement, choices, and the freedom from discrimination. The bottom line has forever been to treat others with the same respect you expect to be treated yourself no matter how much you might disagree with their ideas, opinions, beliefs, and ideologies.  The more we waste time attacking the messengers rather than the message, the less time we spend focusing on what's important, and the more time we waste on banter best left in the playground.

Whenever a discussion or debate occurs between two parties with opposing viewpoints, different approaches to solutions, its up to each party to put their base case forward along with supporting evidence. During which many types are often involved where some arguments are better than others because they hold more weight than the other.  For example, the pyramid to the right shows the different types of arguments people use to justify their position.  Those at the bottom of the pyramid carry no weight whatsoever and used by those who have lost the debate and have nothing worthwhile to contribute.  At the top of the pyramid are the types of arguments that carry the most weight are will forever win any debate.

For Arguments Sake

During any discussion its always wise to keep in the mind the different types of arguments people use.  The higher your point of view is the hierachical pyramid the more weight your argument or opinion will have with a debate.