SPECIFIC COMPETITION TERMS
Competition Overview
Viva, brought to you by NZME (the “Promoter”), is giving you the chance to win a getaway for two at SO/ Auckland by voting for your favourite products, people, and brands in the Viva Beauty Awards 2026 (the “Promotion”).
The competition opens at 6am on
Eligibility
To be eligible to enter the draw to win, during the Promotion Period, you must:
- complete the mandatory fields in the competition entry form at https://www.nzherald.co.nz/viva/beauty/viva-beauty-awards-2026-meet-the-finalists-vote-for-your-favourites-now/LM52VICO6BDDZDVBMKHQK5Q6TY/ (including providing your name and your email address);
- vote for your favourite products, people, and brands in the Viva Beauty Awards 2026; and
- agree to the competition terms and conditions as outlined in the competition entry form.
You may enter the competition only once during the Promotion Period. All duplicate entries will be void.
All eligible entrants will go into the draw to win, with the winner being selected at random by the Promoter on Thursday 28 May 2026.
The Promoter will notify the winner by email after the draw. If the prize winner is unable to accept the prize for any reason or fails to respond to the Promoter’s email within 48 hours to confirm acceptance of the prize, the prize will be forfeited without compensation, and the Promoter may randomly select another winner.
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By entering the Promotion, you agree to these Specific Terms, the Standard Promotion or Competition Rules below, and the Promoter’s website Terms of Access and Privacy Policy.
The Prize
The prize consists of:
- A one-night stay for two at SO/ Auckland;
- A $250 food and beverage voucher to spend at Harbour Society;
- A 60-minute massage for two at SO/Spa, including wellness facility day pass access to use the 25-metre lap pool, jacuzzi, mixed sauna and fully equipped gym; and
- A Viva beauty prize pack valued at $800.
The prize is non-refundable, non-transferable, non-exchangeable, and cannot be redeemed for cash.
If the winner is unable to redeem the prize for any reason, or if a winner is unable to satisfy all terms and conditions referred to in this document, they will forfeit the prize with no compensation payable to them.
Any unused element of the prize will be forfeited, with no compensation payable.
Communications & Privacy
By opting to tick one (or more) of the future communication tick boxes on the entry form, you confirm you have given permission for your personal information to be stored by your selected choice/s and to receive future communications from your selected choice/s. Selecting none or multiple will have no influence over the prize draw.
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STANDARD PROMOTION OR COMPETITION RULES
Definitions
‘NZME’ means all companies in the NZME Group including but not limited to NZME Holdings Limited, NZME Publishing Limited, NZME Radio Limited and all brands and operating companies controlled by or associated with those entities.
The ‘Promoter’ is NZME.
‘Disqualified Participants’ are:
- all NZME employees, all employees of participating sponsors or promoters and/or advertising agencies and their Immediate Families;
- all people under the age of 18 years where the prize incorporates air travel or any other element which would be illegal to supply to a person under the age of 18 years;
- all people who have won a prize from the channel/station running this promotion in the last 14 days. If the previously won prize was valued at over $1000 the winner must stand-down from entering for a period of 90 days.
‘Immediate Families’ include spouses, grandparents, parents, children, and grandchildren, whether by marriage, past marriages, remarriage, adoption, co-habitation or other family extension.
Entry
- These Promotion or Competition Rules (‘the Rules’) apply to all NZME Promotions or Competitions (collectively the ‘Promotion’) conducted on or off air and by means of any medium – online, radio, print, or a connected device. The Rules may change from time to time.
- If a particular Promotion has specific rules or terms (‘the ‘Specific Rules’) those Specific Rules will apply if there is any inconsistency with the Rules.
- Unless otherwise stated in the Specific Rules registration, entry or vote is limited to 1 per person. Where multiple registrations, entries or votes are acceptable, each must be made separately.
- Entry into the Promotion is deemed to be acceptance of the Rules and the Specific Rules and confirmation that the entrant has the necessary authority (for example from the bill payer or owner of a telephone) to enter the Promotion.
- No purchase is necessary to win or participate in the Promotion, unless specified in the Specific Rules.
- The Promotion is open to New Zealand Residents only. Disqualified Participants may not enter in the Promotion.
- NZME reserves the right to exclude any person from participating in the Promotion on reasonable grounds.
- NZME reserves the right to refuse to award any prize to an entrant who NZME decides (in its sole discretion) has violated the Rules (including the Specific Rules), gained unfair advantage in participating in the Promotion or won using fraudulent means.
- By participating, entrants grant NZME exclusive permission to use their names, characters, photographs, videos, voices and likeness in connection with the Promotion and for future promotion and marketing purposes and waive any claims to royalty, right or remuneration for such use.
- All entrant personal details must be valid and up to date and will be held by NZME and may be used for the purpose of the Promotion and for future promotion and marketing purposes in accordance with the NZME Privacy Policy unless otherwise directed by contestants at the time of entry.
- You consent to NZME sharing the personal information you have provided upon entry into this competition with third parties as required in order to provide the prize to you.
- Personal information provided at the time of entry is presumed to be true and, in the case of text or email notification – active, through to and beyond the date of the Promotion’s completion.
- Where the Promotion involves texting, the following apply:
Winning the Prize
- Only the person who originally entered the Promotion can be awarded the prize (the ‘Winner’).
- The Winner will be determined in the manner set out in the Rules or the Specific Rules – if not specified then as determined by the Promoter who shall for this purpose be deemed the judge (the ‘Judge’).
- The Judge’s determination of the Winner will be final and no correspondence will be entered into.
- The Winner will be notified by email, phone (voice or text), mail or in person and must be available for the preparation of all publicity that may be required by NZME. Where attempts to contact the Winner fail (e.g. when the Winner cannot be contacted by phone after three attempts or mail sent is returned) the Judge will select another winner. If, after successful notification, the prize is not collected within two months of being announced it will be regarded as forfeit. (Note: 3 attempts to contact the Winner will include individual calls to any numbers provided at the time of entry. However, should the prize’s total worth equal less than NZD$250 and be a live-to-air draw, only one failed attempt at contact will be acceptable before the Judge selects another winner.)
- The Prize is not redeemable for cash or transferable. No other family members, friends, office associates or any other person will be able to participate on the Winner’s behalf. In the event that the Prize specified in the Competition becomes unavailable for any reason the Promoter may substitute a prize of like or equal value.
- Where the Winner is required to claim the prize in person, they must provide proper identification (e.g. driver’s licence, passport, birth certificate). If the Winner is under the age of 18 years their parent or legal guardian must accompany the Winner or give their prior written consent to the award of the Prize.
- The Winner takes the Prize entirely at his/her own risk and indemnifies NZME in respect of any claim for any accident, injury, property damage or loss of life that may occur in connection with the prize. The Winner is responsible for all insurance, tax or other costs that may be associated with the Prize. Where the Prize has associated terms and conditions the Winner accepts the Prize subject to those terms and conditions and restrictions.
- Where the Prize includes air travel and/or accommodation, either international or domestic (the ‘Travel Prize’):
NZME Responsibility
- NZME reserves the right to amend, vary, extend or discontinue a Promotion at any stage, for any reason.
- NZME takes no responsibility for any inability to enter, complete, continue or conclude the Promotion due to equipment or technical malfunction, busy lines, inadvertent disconnection, texts with a misspelt keyword, texts to an incorrect short code, Force Majeure or otherwise.
- To the fullest extent permitted by law NZME will not be liable for any loss or damage whatsoever (including but not limited to direct or consequential loss) or for personal injury as a result of Promotion entry or winning the prize.
- Where the Prize is to be supplied by an entity outside NZME control and that entity fails, for whatever reason, to supply the prize, NZME has no responsibility for the provision of the Prize and is not obliged to provide an alternative Prize or to take legal action to require the Prize supplier to provide the Prize.
Acceptance
- Participation in the Promotion is deemed acceptance of these Terms and Conditions.
- If the Winner does not accept these Terms and Conditions the prize will be forfeited.
