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Index4 Help

6 Fair Insurance Code

4 30 Day Money Back Guarantee

7 Privacy Act – ICR

7 Definitions

9 Introduction

9 What you are insured for

11 Additional Benefits:

11 Gradual Damage

12 Home Office or

Healthcare Practice

12 Property used for Trade,

Professional or Business use

12 Tertiary Accommodation

12 Boarding School

12 Stolen Keys

13 Gifts

13 Food Spoilage

13 Fusion of Electric Motors

13 Credit and Debit Cards

13 Misuse of Mobile/

Cellular Phones

14 Fatal Injury

14 Authorities Damage

14 Alternative Accommodation

14 Removal of Debris

14 Automatic Reinstatement

of Cover

14 Inflation Protection

14 Goods and Services Tax

15 Occupiers' and Personal

Liabilities

15 Forest and Rural Fires Act

16 Natural Disaster Insurance

17 Exclusions

20 Policy Conditions


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HELP is a 24 hour, 7 day a week emergency assistanceservice which Vero has negotiated as part of your insurancepolicy – at no extra cost.

With just one phone call you can sort out all the hassles thatarise if you have an accident or disaster - even if noinsurance claim is involved. Whatever the problem, ring HELPfor practical advice and they'll locate the trades people orservices you need. The toll free number is 0800 800 786. Wehave also included a card inside this policy for you to keep ina handy place and you'll always receive friendly, professionalservice from specially trained operators.

Ringing HELP costs you nothing. The advice is free, but youwill have to pay if you ask for a tradesperson to call or forother services. Where the services are covered by your policy,you can claim back any bills paid, subject to the policyexcess.

How HELP can help youConvenienceInstead of looking through the yellow pages for a plumber at11 o’clock at night, HELP can organise a call out.

QualityAll trades people are approved and monitored. Each call isfollowed up to ensure you are satisfied with the quality andcost of the service received.

Guaranteed responseOur systems will guarantee that someone will actually arrive.

How do you qualify for HELP?HELP is automatically provided to all Vero house, contents orprivate motor vehicle policyholders (but not business cars ormotorcycles). HELP is also available to members of yourimmediate family who live with you.

No matter which policy you have (of those listed above) youcan use any of the HELP services provided.

HELP service – emergency assistance


Service available

HELP provides a 24-hour referral to a comprehensivenationwide network of recommended service organisationsand trades people.

So if you've got a problem with plumbing, a leaking roof,broken glass, replacement of locks or electrical faults, ouroperators can provide rapid assistance.

Advice is also available on our claims procedures, includingthe appointment of assessors and tips on how to minimisedamage.

If your car is stolen or involved in an accident you will haveseveral immediate worries:

• transport – a taxi home or to your destination;

• alternative accommodation – if you are away from home;

• call out of a tow truck and where to take your car following an accident;

• urgent message relay to friends and relatives; and

• how to start the claim procedure.

HELP provides free access to a service that will advise and acton all of these concerns.

HELP also offers to arrange a host of other services for youeven when no insurance claim is involved:

1. emergency call out service – for problems like flat batteries or keys locked in your car;

2. medical referral service – if you are away and want the name of a recommended local doctor, out of hours;

3. travel support service – rearranging bookings due to an unforeseen event;

4. replacement of personal effects following loss or theft away from home.

Remember, HELP is always available whether you are at homeor miles away.

HELP – a valuable addition to your policy from Vero.

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Fair Insurance Code

We belong to the Insurance Council of New Zealand and havemade a commitment to the Council’s Fair Insurance Code.

The Fair Insurance Code requires our Company to:

1. provide insurance contracts which are understandableand show the legal rights and obligations of both our Company and the policyholder;

2. explain the meaning of legal or technical words or phrases;

3. explain the special meanings of particular words orphrases as they apply in the policy;

4. settle all valid claims fairly and promptly;

5. clearly explain the reason(s) why a claim has beendeclined;

6. provide policyholders with a written summary of ourCompany’s complaints procedure as soon as disputesarise and advise them how to lodge a complaint;

7. advertise our Company’s complaints procedure and theInsurance and Savings Ombudsman Scheme topolicyholders and make these readily available in allbranch offices of our Company;

8. be financially sound as measured by the Council’ssolvency test, which means we have reserves equal toat least 20% of our premium income.

30-day Money BackGuaranteeIf you are not satisfied with the cover provided by the policyyou may return the policy within 30 days of receiving it.

If you have not made any claims during that 30 days you willbe given a full refund of any premium paid.

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The ICR is a database of insurance claims to which participantinsurers have access. The purpose of the ICR is to preventinsurance fraud. The ICR is operated by Insurance ClaimsRegister Limited (ICR Ltd), PO Box 474, Wellington.

This policy is issued to you on the condition that youauthorise us to place details of any claims made against thispolicy on the database of ICR Ltd, where they will be retainedand be available for other insurance companies to inspect.You also authorise us to obtain from ICR Ltd personalinformation about you that is (in our view) relevant to thispolicy or any claim made against it. You have certain rights ofaccess to and correction of this information, subject to theprovisions of the Privacy Act 1993.

DefinitionsDefinitions explain words frequently used in the policy.Defined words are shown in this type style.

Accidental and accidentally mean a sudden and unforeseenevent causing physical loss or damage that is not intended orexpected by you.

Contents shall mean anything normally in or around thehome, belonging to or hired by you or in your custody orcontrol for which you are responsible, not being otherwiseinsured, but excluding:

a. mechanically propelled vehicles (except ride-on mowersand other domestic garden appliances, wheelchairs andmobility scooters), trailers, caravans, or aircraft includingaccessories and spare parts attached to any of them;

b. livestock and pets;

c. trees shrubs and plants (other than pot plants);

d. fixtures and fittings (and their accessories) permanentlyattached to the home;

e. contents used in any way for professional or businesspurposes.

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Privacy Act and the InsuranceClaims Register (ICR)


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Home means each dwelling (including residential flat orholiday home) within the residential boundaries of theproperty on which the home is situated and includes any partof the home used as a home office or health care practice.

Indemnity value is the amount needed to put you back in thesame financial position you were in immediately before theloss occurred. This is either:

a. the market value of the contents at the time of loss ordamage; or

b. the cost of replacing, repairing or reinstating the contentsto a condition no better or more extensive than when new,less an allowance for depreciation and wear and tear.

Market value means the reasonable value of the contentsimmediately prior to the loss or damage.

Period of cover means the "period" or "period of insurance"specified on the schedule.

Premium is the consideration for this contract. This may meanthe first premium or any subsequent premium.

Schedule is the latest current policy schedule, expiry notice orinsurance renewal issued to you.

We, us or our means Vero Insurance New Zealand Limited.

You or your means the insured person or persons named onthe schedule, their partner and members of you or yourpartner’s immediate family permanently residing at the home,not being otherwise insured. Partner means a marriagepartner, or de facto partner as defined in the Property(Relationships) Act 1976 (or any replacement Act) and anysubsequent amendments.


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We will provide the cover set out in this policy during theperiod of cover shown on the schedule provided you havepaid the premium and subject to the policy’s terms, limits,conditions and exclusions. Your insurance contract consists ofthree parts:

1. this pre-printed policy document;

2. the personalised schedule with details of the cover whichapplies to you; and

3. the information in the proposal, application or declaration.

What you are insured forWe agree to insure you for accidental loss or damage to yourcontents anywhere in New Zealand during the period of coverwith us.

What we will pay

Replacement value, which is the cost of replacement, repairor reinstatement without deduction for wear and tear ordepreciation, on all contents except:

• clothing;

• footwear;

• records;

• video and/or audio tapes;

• books;

• sports and recreational equipment, other than bicycles;

• swimming and spa pool liners;

• portable (Laptop) computers or any other similar portableelectronic devices that are more than 12 months old;

for which we will pay the indemnity value.

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However,

1. If you do not want the items repaired or replaced then wewill pay you only the indemnity value of the items or thecost of the repairs whichever is less. However, if jewelleryis not replaced or repaired, the maximum amount we willpay is 50% of the replacement value.

2. We will only replace damaged floor coverings, drapes,curtains, or blinds in the room or rooms where the loss ordamage occurred.

3. Where the sum insured is less than $60,000 we will paythe indemnity value for contents more than 10 years old.

4. If your home is let to anyone other than you we will onlypay indemnity value.

5. The maximum we will pay is the sum insured shown onthe schedule.

LimitsThe maximum we will pay for any of the following items isthe amount listed below unless:

1. the item is specified on the schedule for another amount;

2. your sum insured is under $60,000, in which case the$3,000 limits below are reduced to $2,000.

In each case, all the following limits include accessories and ancillary equipment.

• $5,000 per portable (Laptop) computer or any othersimilar portable electronic device;

• $3,000 per item of jewellery or watch, up to amaximum of $10,000 in any one claim;

• $3,000 per item of photographic and video cameraequipment. The camera body and the standard lens is oneitem. Any extra lens which is not permanently attached toa camera body, or which is designed to be detachable andinterchangeable with any suitable camera body is treatedas one item;

• $3,000 in total for any coin or stamp collection;

• $3,000 for any bicycle;

• $3,000 for any canoe, kayak, surfboard, surf skis, or windsurfer;

• $1,500 for any watercraft (other than canoe, kayak,surfboard, surf ski, or windsurfer). Any watercraft thathas a market value of more than $1,500 is not coveredby this policy;


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• $1,000 for any cellphone;

• $1,000 in total for unset precious stones, bullion or gold or silver (other than goldware or silverware) orprecious metals;

• $1,000 in total for remote controlled models;

• $500 in total for all money, negotiable securities, bonusbonds, travellers' cheques or travel tickets;

• $500 in total for any certificates or documents;

• $500 in total for motor parts and accessories whiledetached from any vehicle, including children’s carseats;

• $500 in total for marine parts and accessories whiledetached from any boat.

Additional BenefitsWe will also pay for:

1. Gradual Damage

We will pay for damage to your contents resulting from the action of micro-organisms, mould, mildew, rot, fungi or gradual deterioration caused by water leaking oroverflowing from any internal water system, provided thatthe loss or damage first occurs during the time that youoccupy the home.

An internal water system is any water pipe, waste disposalpipe, water cylinder or water storage tank which ispermanently connected and contained within the walls, floorsor roof of the dwelling structure.

Any payment will be limited to $2,000 for any one event.


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2. Home Office or Healthcare Practice

Where the combined value of home office or healthcareequipment owned by you and located at home is less than$10,000 in total, we will cover this equipment for up to$10,000. Any payment under this benefit will be within thecontents sum insured shown on the schedule.

• Home office equipment includes: office furniture,computer and peripheral equipment, facsimile machine,photocopier, and stationery;

• Health care equipment includes the above andequipment appropriate to the practice of a legallyqualified medical practitioner including dentist.

3. Property used for Trade, Professional or Businessuse

We will insure your tools and other articles used for trade,professional or business use, to a maximum of $1,000 intotal for any one event.

4. Tertiary Accommodation

We will insure the contents belonging to your children, whoare temporarily living away from home in accommodationprovided by a tertiary educational institution. We will not payfor theft of your children’s contents unless there is actualforcible and violent entry to the building or room in whichthe contents are kept or theft as a result of actual physicalviolence or threat to your children.

Any payment will be limited to $5,000 per person, and $1,000 for any one item unless that item is specified, for anyone event.

5. Boarding School

We will insure the contents belonging to your childrentemporarily living away from home at a Boarding school.

6. Stolen Keys

If any key giving access to the home is stolen or believed onreasonable grounds to have been duplicated without properauthority, we will pay the costs reasonably incurred inaltering or replacing locks and the keys, or changing thecombination number of any electronic keypad. We will alsopay the reasonable cost of opening any safe following theftor loss of its key or combination.

Any payment will be limited to $1,000 for any one event.


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7. Gifts

Wedding, Christmas or other special occasion giftstemporarily in the home are automatically included as part ofyour contents.

8. Food Spoilage

If your refrigerator or freezer in your home is accidentallydamaged, or breaks down, or the power supply isaccidentally turned off then we will:

a. pay up to $1,000 to replace any spoiled food;

b. repair any loss or damage caused by the spoiled food.

9. Fusion of Electric Motors

If an electric motor burns out or fuses we will pay replacementvalue unless it is over 10 years of age when we will only payindemnity value.

We will also pay for:

a. an exchange sealed compressor for motors in a sealedrefrigeration or air-conditioning compression unit; and

b. regassing the unit.

10. Credit and Debit Cards

If there is any unauthorised use (other than by you) of yourcredit or debit cards we will reimburse you for your financialloss, provided that:

a. you have observed the conditions under which thecard was issued; and

b. you have notified the police and issuing authoritieswithin 24 hours of discovery; and

c. the loss cannot be recovered from any other source.

Any payment will be limited to $1,000 in total as a resultof loss or theft of your cards.

11. Misuse of Mobile/Cellular Phones

If your mobile/cellular phone is lost or stolen, we will pay the amount attributed to its unauthorised use (other than by you) as billed to you by your network service provider forthe 24 hour period immediately following its loss or theft;provided you inform your network service providerimmediately upon discovery of the loss/theft.

Any payment will be limited to $500 in total as a result ofloss or theft of your phone.


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12. Fatal Injury

If you are injured at the home, as a result of fire or burglary,and death occurs within 3 months of such injury we will pay $5,000 for any one event, to the legal representative ofthe deceased.

13. Authorities Damage

We will pay for damage to your contents caused bygovernment or local authorities in order to prevent loss ordamage covered by this policy. Any payment will be withinthe contents sum insured shown on the schedule.

14. Alternative Accommodation

We will pay reasonable additional costs of temporaryaccommodation including the boarding of domestic pets andtemporary storage of your contents incurred by you while thehome is uninhabitable due to loss or damage covered by thispolicy. We will pay for the period your home is uninhabitable.

Any payment will be limited to 12 months or $25,000 in totalif you own your home. But if you are renting the home wewill pay for one months costs or until you find another homeand purchase enough contents to live in it, whichever comesfirst.

15. Removal of Debris

We will pay the costs of removing the debris of contents fromthe home incurred with our prior consent. Any payment willbe within the contents sum insured shown on the schedule.

16. Automatic Reinstatement of Cover

We will not reduce cover by the amount of any claim providedyou pay any additional premium that may be required.

17. Inflation Protection

For your protection the sum insured will be increased at each renewal in accordance with the estimated increase inconsumer costs.

18. Goods and Services Tax - GST

Provided the GST is recoverable by us, the sum insured underthis policy is exclusive of GST. This means that we will pay upto a maximum of the sum insured plus GST to a maximum ofthe current rate of GST applied to that sum insured.

All limits, amounts or excesses shown are GST inclusive.


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19. Occupiers’ and Personal Liabilities

We will pay you up to a maximum of $1,000,000 (plus legalcosts and expenses incurred with our consent) for any oneevent occurring in New Zealand, for your legal liability fornegligence resulting in accidental damage to:

a. property not belonging to you or in your custody andcontrol; or

b. the home when occupied by you as a tenant.

But we will not pay for:

i. liability arising from the ownership of the home, itsland or any other buildings or land;

ii. liability arising from the occupation of any premisesother than the home;

iii. liability arising from any business profession oremployment other than part-time baby-sitting;

iv. liability arising from the ownership possession or use of anymechanically propelled vehicles (except ride-on mowers andother domestic garden appliances, wheelchairs and mobilityscooters), trailer, aircraft or watercraft (other than canoes,kayaks, surfboards, surf skis or windsurfers, or otherwatercraft valued at less than $1,500);

v. exemplary or punitive damages.

If you have home, contents, motor or boat insurancewith us, you can only claim this benefit under one policy.

20. Forest and Rural Fires Act

We will pay you up to a maximum of $1,000,000 (plus legalcosts and expenses incurred with our consent) for all sumsthat you shall become legally liable to pay, arising out of anyone event whether or not damage to property has occurred,in respect of:

a. costs incurred and apportioned by any Fire Authorityunder the Forest and Rural Fires Act 1977, or anyamendments or replacing Act;

b. costs claimed by any other party in order to protect theirproperty from fire.

However, we will not pay you for:

i. levies for expenditure under Sections 44, 45, 46 and 46Aof the Forest and Rural Fires Act 1977;

ii. fines or penalties;

iii. gross negligence or deliberate damage caused by you;


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iv. fire intentionally lit by you that does not comply with theForest and Rural Fires Act 1977 and its amendments orany other statutory or local body requirement governingthe lighting of fires.

Any payment made under this additional benefit shall becumulative on any payment that may be made under theOccupiers’ and Personal Liabilities benefit, and in noway will our combined indemnity for this benefit and theOccupiers’ and Personal Liabilities benefit exceed$1,000,000 (plus legal costs and expenses incurred withour consent) for any one event.

If you have home, contents or motor insurance with us,you can only claim this benefit under one policy.

21. Natural Disaster Insurance

We will pay for loss or damage to your contents, but limited tothe additional natural disaster sum insured shown on theschedule, caused by:

• earthquake;

• natural landslip;

• volcanic eruption;

• hydrothermal activity;

• tsunami;

or fire resulting from any of these.

We will pay:

a. the difference between the cost of reinstatement and theamount received by you under the EarthquakeCommission Act 1993 and its amendments provided that:

i. the Earthquake Commission has accepted liability underthe Earthquake Commission Act 1993 for the loss ordamage;

ii. we shall not be liable for any excess imposed by theEarthquake Commission Act 1993; and

iii. the total amount paid by us with the addition of theamount recoverable from the Earthquake Commissionshall not exceed the amount that would be paid underthe policy if the cause of loss was other than naturaldisaster.

b. for loss or damage to your contents, which are notcovered by the Earthquake Commission Act 1993; and

c. for alternative accommodation, limited to $5,000, providing


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the total physical damage claim is recoverable from theEarthquake Commission and no claim has been made underthis policy. In the event that a physical damage claim isadmitted under this policy the limit referred to underadditional benefits will apply.

The basis for settling claims and all other policy terms andconditions will apply.

Exclusions

We will not pay for:1. any excessYou must contribute the amount shown on the schedule as theexcess for the first amount of any claim.

If the home is let to tenants other than you an additionalexcess of $250 applies.

All excesses are cumulative.

Where a single event causes loss or damage to property oritems insured by you with us under more than one policy, onlyone policy excess shall apply. The amount of the excess shallbe the highest excess that we could apply under any of thepolicies affected.

2. we will not pay for:

a. any loss of use or consequential loss;

b. any loss of electronic data;

c. damage to swimming and spa pools caused byhydrostatic pressure;

d. theft of outboard motors that are not securely locked toa boat, or stored in a securely locked part of a boat or ina securely locked building;

e. costs which can be recovered under the provisions of theInjury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Compensation Act2001 (or any replacement Act) and any subsequentamendments.

3. loss or damage caused by:

a. mechanical or electrical breakdown or failure unlessactual burning out occurs but always excluding lightingor heating elements fuses or protective devices orelectrical contacts where arcing occurs in ordinaryworking; or


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b. defect in design or inherent fault;

c. wear and tear;

d. insects or vermin (except opossums);

e. defect in workmanship or any process of cleaning,renovation, repair or restoration but only in respect ofthe article or property that has undergone suchprocess.

However this policy will cover any resulting loss or damageprovided it is not also excluded.

4. loss or damage caused by:

a. corrosion or rust;

b. action of micro-organisms, mould, mildew, rot, fungi orgradual deterioration (unless covered under the GradualDamage additional benefit);

c. any other gradually operating cause;

d. lifting or moving the home;

e. structural additions or structural alterations to the homeor the removal of any external wall or roof cladding,unless we have been notified and have agreed inwriting;

f. vibration or removal of support;

g. burglary, theft, malicious or deliberate damagecommitted or caused by anybody renting, living orstaying in your home (however, where your home isleased or rented we will cover any loss or damage fromfire or explosion resulting from malicious or deliberatedamage by tenants);

h. earthquake, natural landslip, volcanic eruption,hydrothermal activity, tsunami or fire resulting from anyof these (except where cover is provided by the NaturalDisaster Insurance additional benefit), subsidence,settling, ground heave, shrinkage or erosion.

5. loss, destruction, damage or liability directly orindirectly caused by:

a. war, invasion, act of foreign enemy, warlike operations(whether war be declared or not), civil war, rebellion,revolution, insurrection, military or usurped power orconfiscation, destruction or acquisition by governmentor local authorities;


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b. nuclear weapons, ionising radiations or contaminationby radioactivity from nuclear fuel or the combustion ofwaste from nuclear fuel;

c. any act of terrorism including loss, destruction, damage or liability that arises from, is consequent upon orarises in connection with biological, chemical,radioactive, or nuclear:

• pollution;

• contamination; or

• explosion.

An act of terrorism means an act, including but notlimited to the use of force or violence or the threatthereof, which from its nature and context is done for,or in connection with, political, religious, ideological,ethnic or similar purposes, including the intention toinfluence any government and/or to put the public orany section of the public in fear.

6. loss of or damage to contents:

a. permanently removed from the home;

b. removed to any place for sale, storage or exhibition;

c. during the course of household removal includingloading and unloading.

7. any loss or damage:

a. if the home is unoccupied (which means that noauthorised person has slept there overnight), for morethan 60 consecutive days unless we have been notifiedand have agreed in writing, or the home is occupied asa holiday home or weekend home.

b. to the contents while the home is unattended ifnormally used as a holiday home or weekend homeunless:

i. the home is kept in a tidy condition; and

ii. all external doors and windows are kept locked; and

iii. all papers and mail are collected regularly; and

iv. the home is under regular supervision.


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Policy Conditions

These conditions give you information about your and ourobligations arising from this policy.

1. Assignment

You must not assign or attempt to assign this policy or yourinterest in this policy to any other person or party withoutour written consent.

2. Breach of policy terms and conditions

No claim shall be payable where any person entitled toindemnity under this policy breaches any of the policy termsand conditions. However, nothing in this policy affects ourright to avoid the policy for non-disclosure.

3. Cancellation

We may cancel this policy at any time by sending a letter tothis effect to you at your last known postal address. Thecancellation will take effect at 4.00 pm on the 7th day afterthe letter has been sent. We will refund the unused part ofyour paid premium. You may cancel this policy by givingwritten notice to us. We will refund 80% of the unused part ofyour paid premium provided that you have not made a claim.

4. Care of insured property

You must take all reasonable steps to prevent loss ordamage and maintain the insured contents in good repair.

5. Claims

a. On the happening of any event that may give rise to aclaim under this policy you must:

i. immediately notify us of such event;

ii take all reasonable steps to minimise the extent ofloss or damage;

iii. immediately send us any communications which youreceive in relation to an event which may give riseto a claim;

iv. obtain our consent before proceeding with repairs;

v. provide all proofs, information and other evidence,and otherwise give all possible assistance that wemay require; and

vi. in the case of loss by theft, burglary or vandalismadvise the Police immediately.


b. You shall not without our written consent incur anyexpense or negotiate, pay, settle, admit, repudiate ormake any agreement in relation to any claim.

c. We shall be entitled at our expense and in your name totake any proceedings necessary to obtain relief fromany other party and to take over and conduct thedefence and settlement of any claim. You must provideall reasonable assistance and co-operation.

6. Correctness of statements and fraud

The proposal, application or declaration form is the basis ofthis contract. All statements made by you or on your behalfeither on the proposal form or otherwise in support of thispolicy or any claim must be complete and correct in allrespects. If any claim under this policy is supported by anyincorrect information or statement all benefits under thispolicy will be forfeited.

7. Duty of disclosure/change of circumstances

You must tell us everything that may be relevant to ourdecision to issue, renew or alter the policy and you must tellus any changes to any circumstances relevant to this policyas soon as you know about them.

8. Government EQC cover

Where the policy insures contents at more than one namedlocation, for the purposes of the Earthquake Commission Act 1993, each location is deemed to be subject to a separate contract.

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9. Instalment premiums

Where we have agreed to accept payment of premiumby instalments:

a. we reserve the right in the event of a claim being madeto require immediate payment of the balance of anyannual premium; and

b. all benefits under this policy will be forfeited from thedate the first unpaid instalment was due and yourpolicy automatically cancelled if:

i. any three consecutive fortnightly instalments remainunpaid; or

ii. any two consecutive monthly instalments remain unpaid; or

iii. any quarterly or half yearly payments remain unpaid 14 days after the due date of the instalment.

Where any instalment is overdue and the policy has not beencancelled, all benefits under this policy will be forfeited fromthe date the first unpaid instalment was due until the date wereceive all the overdue instalment premiums. Any claimproceeds payable to you under this policy will be withheld byus until you have brought all instalments up to date.

10. Joint insureds

Where this policy is issued in joint names, then this policy isa joint policy. This means that if one of you does or fails to doanything so that there is no cover, there will be no cover forany of you, not just the person responsible.

11. Jurisdiction

This policy is governed by New Zealand law and the NewZealand courts have exclusive jurisdiction over any legalproceedings about it.

12. Other insurance

This policy does not cover loss or liability where cover isalready provided by other insurance. We will not contributetowards any claim under any other policy.

13. Other interests

If your contents are mortgaged or secured by any otherfinancial agreement, we may make payment for any lossdirect to the interested party. This will meet our obligationsunder this policy.

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