Ara was created in 2016 when CPIT and Aoraki Polytechnic merged. We’re Aotearoa New Zealand's largest campus-based provider of vocational education,, offering practical, industry-recognised qualifications. Our social media guidelines
Te Pūkenga – New Zealand Institute of Skills and Technology trading as Ara Institute of Canterbury engages with our community through social media platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Snapchat and LinkedIn. We use these channels to share important updates, educational content, and engage in discussions. We encourage open dialogue but expect all interactions to remain respectful, lawful and relevant. Community guidelines: To foster a positive and safe online environment, we reserve the right to remove posts that violate these guidelines. Please ensure that all comments and posts adhere to the following principles:
• Be respectful: Treat others with kindness and avoid offensive or discriminatory language.
• Stay relevant: Keep discussions related to the topic at hand.
• Protect privacy: Do not share personal, confidential, or sensitive information about yourself or others.
• No spam or advertising: Unsolicited promotions, commercial content, or repetitive posts will be removed.
• Avoid misinformation: Ensure that any shared information is accurate and does not spread false or misleading claims. Prohibited content: We reserve the right to remove posts or comments that contain inappropriate content including:
• Hate speech, racism, sexism, homophobia, or discrimination of any kind.
• Defamatory statements or false accusations.
• Personal, confidential, or sensitive information.
• Spam, advertisements, or promotions .
• Misinformation or content that could cause harm.
• Threats, harassment, bullying, or any form of abuse.
• Off-topic or irrelevant comments that disrupt discussions.
• Nudity, sexually explicit material, excessive violence, unlawful content or content promoting illegal activities. Copyright and use of comments: By posting, commenting or tagging on our social media pages and accounts, you grant us permission to use your comments or messages for re-sharing, re-posting, reporting, marketing, advertisement and engagement purposes. We may use comments for research, insights, and feedback collection. Enforcement: We reserve the right to:
• Determine what constitutes inappropriate content.
• Remove posts or comments that violate our guidelines.
• Restrict or ban users who repeatedly breach our guidelines. In addition to what’s specified in these guidelines, our privacy notice provides further information, including how we use and collect personal information: https://www.ara.ac.nz/about-us/privacy-notice/
If you come across content on our official pages that violates these guidelines, please report it to us or lodge a formal complaint: https://www.ara.ac.nz/about-us/complaints/
We appreciate your cooperation in maintaining a positive and respectful online community.
