About this Site

Site Owner

This site is owned and administered by the Department of Labour.

Accessibility

Using the site without a mouse

The site can be used without a mouse. There are shortcut keys that will take you to commonly used pages such as the home page and the search page.

To use these shortcut keys hold down the ALT key (PC) or CONTROL key (Apple Macintosh) and then one of the keys in the table below. In some browsers you may have to press enter to confirm your choice. In the Opera 7 browser press Shift-Esc, release those keys, and then press your chosen access key.

Access Keys

Key	Function
0	A reference list of accessibility keys
1	Upskilling Partnership Programme home page
2	Site map
9	Contact us
[	Bypass the navigation and go to the main content of your current page
/	http://www.newzealandgovt.nz

Use of text on this site

Most navigation elements are plain text and we have provided text alternatives to graphics on the site.

Browsers supported

The site has been tested in version 3 browsers and above for Windows, Linux, and Mac and a number of earlier ones. If you find this site difficult to use with your browser please let us know.

Crown Copyright

Upskilling Partnership Programme Website

© Crown copyright [2008]

Material featured on this site is subject to Crown copyright protection unless otherwise indicated. The Crown copyright protected material may be reproduced free of charge in any format or media without requiring specific permission. This is subject to the material being reproduced accurately and not being used in a derogatory manner or in a misleading context. Where the material is being published or issued to others, the source and copyright status must be acknowledged.

The permission to reproduce Crown copyright protected material does not extend to any material on this site that is identified as being the copyright of a third party. Authorisation to produce such material must be obtained from the copyright holders concerned.

Privacy Statement

Providing Visitors with Anonymous Access

You can access our website home page and browse our site without having to disclose your personal data.

Data Collection and Purpose Specification

We do, however, collect some personal data that you may volunteer while using our site and its services. We do not collect or use personal data for any purpose other than to send out information and publications requested by you.

We do not disclose your personal data to other organisations outside the Department of Labour, including to other government institutions and authorities.

If we wish to use our visitors’ personal data for new purposes, we would give them the opportunity to consent to those new purposes.

Automatic Collection of Information

We do not use cookies to store personal data.

Confidentiality/Security

We have implemented security policies, rules and technical measures to protect the personal data that we have under our control from:

• unauthorised access
• improper use or disclosure
• unauthorised modification
• unlawful destruction or accidental loss

All our employees and data processors, who have access to, and are associated with the processing of personal data, are obliged to respect the confidentiality of our online visitors’ personal data.

Access to the personal data we may hold about you

For those who have supplied their personal contact information to order and receive publications or use other online services from within our organisation, you can request our web manager to provide you with the personal data we might hold about you and make any changes you require.