We (Whakatāne District Council) use a number of social media channels to keep in touch with our communities. Our terms and conditions reflect how we use social media and what we consider appropriate behaviour from our audiences.
- Whakatāne District Council Facebook
- Whakatāne District Council Instagram
- Whakatāne District Council X (formerly Twitter)
- Whakatāne District Council Neighbourly
We reserve the right to delete posts or comments from its social media sites without prior warning. This will be done when we believe the comment or post is in breach of the following terms and conditions:
- Contributions must be civil and tasteful. They must not be defamatory, libelous, contain obscenities or foul language.
- Contributions must be constructive and polite, not mean-spirited or contributed with the intention of causing offence or trouble. Users who persistently post comments which are unrelated to the item being commented on may be blocked and their comments deleted.
- Advertising or promotional postings will not be accepted unless with the prior consent of the WDC.
- We reserve the right to block users who are in breach of the terms and conditions above without prior notice.
- Our decisions around what contributions are acceptable are final.
Liking and following
- If you 'like' us on Facebook or follow us on Twitter, Instagram or YouTube we will not automatically follow or like you in return.
- We will sometimes follow or like people or organisations that provide information that is relevant to our work, and will also try to lend our support to local and national campaigns that are relevant or connected to our services.
- We may also need to like or follow an account in order to take part in conversations; just because we like or follow someone, it does not mean that we necessarily endorse them.
- Please note that we do not endorse any private company or individual, and this remains the case even when we 'like' or 'follow' a profile or account on social media.
Privacy Policy
- For privacy policy, see our website privacy policy for details