Terms and Conditions
Summary: Nominate a rural rugby legend in your local rugby club – the unsung hero of your club who goes above and beyond for the good of the club and they’re in the draw to win the ultimate rugby club upgrade.
Promotion Period: 3rd Sept - 29th October 2026
From: Farmlands Co-operative Society Limited
Terms and Conditions of Entry
1. Information on how to enter and prizes form part of these Terms and Conditions of Entry. Entry into this promotion deems acceptance of these Terms and Conditions of Entry.
2. The Promotion is Nominate a rural rugby legend in your local rugby club and they’re in the draw to win the Ultimate Rugby Club upgrade valued at over $50,000 (incl. GST) (“Promotion”).
3. The Promotion begins at 8.00 am on 5 September 2026 and ends at 11.59 pm on 29th October 2026 (“Promotion Period”).
4. The Promotion is offered by Farmlands Co-operative Society Limited of 535 Wairakei Road, Burnside, Christchurch 8053, New Zealand (“Promoter”).
METHOD OF ENTRY, ELIGIBILITY
5. The Promotion is open to New Zealand residents who, during the Promotion Period, nominate an individual from their local rugby club who satisfies the eligibility criteria outlined in Schedule 1. Nominees must be 18 years of age or older at the time of nomination. The nominations must be submitted through the Promotion portal on the Farmlands website and must include either:
- (a) a video of between 30 and 60 seconds in duration; or
- (b) a written application accompanied by one or more images.
- (c) 2 images of the nominee, including them at/in the club environment.
By submitting a nomination, the entrant warrants that they have obtained the nominee's consent to:
- (a) provide the nominee's personal information, photographs, videos and other submitted content to the Promoter;
- (b) the Promoter collecting, using, storing and disclosing that information for the purposes of administering, promoting and conducting the Promotion; and
- (c) the publication of the nominee's name, image, likeness, club affiliation and submitted content in connection with the Promotion.
Personal information will be handled in accordance with the Farmlands Privacy Policy.
6. Employees of Farmlands are not eligible to participate in this Promotion.
7. The Promoter reserves the right to request proof of an entrant’s eligibility if there is a doubt over his/her eligibility for the promotion and to disqualify any entrant who tampers with the entry process or who submits an entry that is not in accordance with these Terms and Conditions. The Promoter may also, at its sole discretion, reject, remove, or refuse to publish any nomination or associated content that it considers offensive, defamatory, unlawful, or damaging to the reputation of the Promoter, any nominee, or any third party
PRIZE AND REDEMPTION
8. The Promoter will appoint an independent judging panel to assess all eligible nominations against the criteria set out in Schedule 1 and select fourteen (14) finalists.
9. One (1) Overall Winner will be selected from the 14 finalists based on a combined score comprising:
- 50% from the Farmlands judging panel; and
- 50% from the public vote.
10. One (1) People’s Choice Winner will be selected from the 14 finalists based solely on the public vote.
11. Scoring Methodology: Each finalist will receive:
- a public voting score (worth 50% of the total score); and
- a judging panel score (worth 50% of the total score).
Selection of Finalists and Winners
Following the close of nominations on 3 October 2026, the Promoter will appoint an independent judging panel to assess all eligible nominations against the criteria set out in Schedule 1 and select fourteen (14) finalists.
12.2 The fourteen (14) finalists will be published on the Promotion voting page for public voting.
12.3 The Overall Winner will be the finalist who receives the highest combined score out of 100, calculated as follows:
(a) Judging panel score: 50 points
The independent judging panel will assess each finalist against Farmlands’ four values: Warm, Steadfast, Driven and Grounded. Each value will be scored from 1 to 12.5 points, giving each finalist a total judging panel score of up to 50 points.
(b) Public voting score: 50 points
Following the close of public voting, the fourteen (14) finalists will be ranked from highest to lowest according to the total number of valid public votes received. Public voting scores will be awarded according to each finalist’s ranking, with:
- the first-ranked finalist receiving 50 points;
- the second-ranked finalist receiving 46.43 points;
- the third-ranked finalist receiving 42.86 points; and
- each subsequently ranked finalist receiving 3.57 fewer points than the finalist ranked immediately above them, subject to rounding to two decimal places.
12.4 The public voting score and judging panel score will be added together to determine each finalist’s combined score out of 100.
12.5 The finalist with the highest combined score will be the Overall Winner.
12.6 The finalist who receives the highest number of valid public votes will be the People’s Choice Winner.
12.7 The Overall Winner and the People’s Choice Winner may be the same person. If the same person wins both categories, they will receive both applicable prize packages.
12.8 If two or more finalists receive the same number of public votes or the same combined score, the Promoter will determine the applicable ranking or winner.
13. Finalists: Farmlands reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to:
- select finalists based on total score alone; or
- nominate one (1) finalist from each major provincial union in recognition of Farmlands’ partnership with NZ Provincial Unions.
14. The Overall Winner and the People’s Choice Winner may be the same person. If the same person wins both categories, they will receive both applicable prize packages.
15. The Prize includes a prize package valued at over $14,000 (incl. GST) for the Overall Winner, the Ultimate Club Upgrade package for the Overall Winner’s local rugby club, valued at over $50,000 (incl. GST), the People’s Choice winner package valued at $1,449 (incl. GST) and 14 finalist prize packages (for all 14 finalists) valued at over $700 (incl. GST) each. The total prize pool is valued at $92,738.49 (incl. GST). These are outlined in Schedule 3.
16. Certain Prize components may be supplied by third party providers and may be subject to additional terms, conditions, eligibility requirements, availability constraints, site assessments and booking requirements imposed by those providers.
17. Where a Prize component requires installation, alteration to premises or ongoing services, the winning club is responsible for obtaining any necessary approvals, permissions or consents from facility owners, landlords, local authorities or other third parties, at its own cost and without any cost, expense or liability to the Promoter.
18. The Prize is subject to availability, and cannot be exchanged, transferred, or redeemed for cash.
19. The Promoter reserves the right to verify the validity of votes and to remove any vote that it reasonably believes is fraudulent, automated, manipulated, duplicated or otherwise inconsistent with the spirit of the Promotion.
20. If the Prize or any part of the Prize is unavailable for any reason, the Promoter in its sole discretion reserves the right to substitute or withdraw the Prize or part thereof.
21. If a Prize-winner cannot be contacted with his or her provided contact details or other means, or the contact details provided on the Shareholder’s Farmlands account are incorrect, the Prize may, at the Promoter’s sole discretion be forfeited.
22. The Promoter’s decisions on all matters including determination of finalists, winners and vote validity will be final, and no correspondence will be entered into.
23. The Promoter may cancel, terminate, modify, or suspend the Promotion or these Terms and Conditions at any time and for any reason before the end of the Promotion Period and shall not be liable to any participant or Prize winner for any loss or damage incurred as a result.
24.The Promoter takes no responsibility for omission, interruption, deletion, defect, line failures of any telephone network, computer equipment, software, inability to access telecommunications network services, or any other error or malfunction in respect of the Promotion and any resulting failure to record any eligible entries.
25. Except for liability that may not by law be excluded, the Promoter shall not be liable under or in connection with these Terms and Conditions and/or this Promotion for any cost, expense, loss or damage suffered by any participant, even if such cost, expense, loss or damage was reasonably foreseeable, and whether arising from breach of contract, tort, negligence, breach of statutory duty or otherwise.
26. These Terms and Conditions are governed by New Zealand law and any dispute arising out of or in connection with them will be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the New Zealand courts. By entering the Promotion, entrants and nominees grant the Promoter a non-exclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, worldwide licence to use, reproduce, publish, adapt, communicate and display any nomination materials, photographs, videos, names, likenesses and related content submitted as part of the Promotion in any media for the purposes of administering and promoting the Promotion and promoting the Promoter's business, products and services. Entrants warrant that they own, or have obtained all necessary rights, permissions and consents required for the Promoter to use the submitted content in accordance with these Terms and Conditions.
27. Participants in the Promotion agree not to make any commercial or business use of the Promotion to resell or commercially benefit from any part or aspect of the Promotion.
For further details, please contact your nearest Farmlands store or call 0800 200 600.
SCHEDULE 1
Nomination criteria
A Rural Rugby Legend is someone who lives, breathes and loves their club, its members and its place in the community. Someone whose contribution to the club goes beyond what’s asked. They can hold a paid or formal role, be a volunteer, a player or non-player.
A Rural Rugby Legend demonstrates the following attributes;
- Warm — one of ours, trusted, makes people feel like they belong
- Steadfast — always there, every week, every weather, without being asked twice
- Driven — does the job nobody asked, gets stuck in
- Grounded — not doing it for the glory, does it because the club needs it
Timings
- Nominations Open - 5th September to 3rd October 2026
- Voting - 15th October to 5th November 2026
- Winner(s) Announced - 16th November 2026
SCHEDULE 2 – Major Provincial Rugby Unions
- Auckland Rugby Union Inc
- Bay of Plenty Rugby Union Inc
- Canterbury Rugby Union Inc
- Counties Manukau Rugby Football Union Inc
- Hawkes Bay Rugby Union Inc
- Manawatu Rugby Union Inc
- North Harbour Rugby Union Inc
- Northland Rugby Union Inc
- Otago Rugby Football Union Inc
- Rugby Southland Inc
- Taranaki Rugby Union Inc
- Tasman Rugby Union Inc
- Waikato Rugby Union Inc
- Wellington Rugby Football Union Inc
SCHEDULE 3 – Ultimate Club Upgrade Prize Package valued at over $50,000 (incl. GST) includes;
- A Farmlands FLEX solar panel installation (subject to the Farmlands Flex Terms and Conditions and a satisfactory site assessment confirming the location is suitable for installation. If the nominated site is unsuitable, unavailable or cannot reasonably accommodate the installation, the Promoter reserves the right to withdraw the prize.)
- A Groundskeeping package including DLF turf consultancy, seed from Agricom and PGG Wrightson Seed, Agchem products from Corteva, a soil testing kit and line trimmer
- A 2025 75" Neo QLED QN90F 4K Samsung Vision AI Smart TV (ex-display model)
- A Ride-On lawn mower
- A $5,000 Farmlands Gift Card
- A Spark Broadband set-up package (subject to Spark terms and conditions)
- A Resene decorating package
- A Heatlie Mobile Barbeque
- A BigSave Bonn Outdoor Lounge Suite (4 piece)
- A Mediana A16 Core HeartOn AED
- A Karcher Waterblaster
- A $1,000 grocery voucher
- A Stihl MS 172 Chainsaw
- 20 Sports Umbrellas
- 2 Sports First Aid Kits
Rural Rugby Legend individual winner Prize Package valued at over $14,000 (incl. GST) includes;
- A BigSave Perfect Fleece Bed and Mattress (winner can select size)
- A $5,000 Farmlands Gift Card
- A $1,500 Bushbuck voucher
- A 55” TCL QLED TV
- A LedLenser H5R Core Rechargeable Headlamp
- A $200 Samsung voucher
Rural Rugby Legend People’s Choice winner Prize Package valued at $1,449 (incl. GST) includes;
- A 55” TCL QLED TV
Rural Rugby Legend 14 finalists Prize Package valued at over $700 (incl. GST) each includes;
- A $500 Farmlands Gift Card
- A LedLenser H5R Core Rechargeable Headlamp