Terms of Restaurant Association membership

Please ensure you read this page before finalizing your membership application.

If you have any questions please call 0800 737 827.

  1. Members of the Restaurant Association agree to abide by the Rules and Regulations of the Association. These are available from the Association’s website, www.restaurantnz.co.nz, or are available anytime upon request.
  2. By completing the membership application form you consent to being a member of the Restaurant Association.
  3. Contact information provided to the Restaurant Association will be kept confidential and will only be provided to partners of the Association with the permission of the member, to make contact regarding benefits of membership.
  4. Information provided by the Restaurant Association is the copyright of the Association and is only for the confidential use by a member for the business covered by their Association membership.
  5. Membership with the Restaurant Association will automatically roll over into a new subscription year
    after 12 months from joining date and a member shall remain a member unless written notice of resignation signed by the member is received by the Association and payment for any outstanding subscriptions or invoices due is made. No refunds can be made for resignations made part way through the subscription year.
  6. Members resigning after commencement of the next subscription year are liable for subscriptions for the first day of the new subscription year until the date the written notification of resignation is received.
  7. By joining the Restaurant Association members are automatically listed on www.dinefind.co.nz (unless the member is a supplier member (Associate)), to promote their business. Members agree to enter the Gift Voucher Programme, as described below.
  8. The Restaurant Association is not able to redeem gift vouchers to non-members.

Restaurant Association Gift Voucher programme:

As a Restaurant Association member, you will automatically become part of the Restaurant Association
Gift Voucher programme. The Restaurant Association has developed a gift voucher which can be used in member establishments throughout New Zealand. The voucher has been designed to bring incremental business to members.

  • Each year hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of vouchers are sold to the public, to be redeemed within Restaurant Association member businesses.
  • A Restaurant Association Gift Voucher has the same value as cash – you receive the full proceeds.
  • There is no cost to be involved in the programme – no commission or processing charge.
  • The process is simple and there is no catch! Just follow the instructions on the website to redeem either the paper or eVoucher version.
  • When the vouchers are sold to the public, the Restaurant Association directs them to www.dinefind.co.nz which lists all of the participating member businesses in the scheme.
  • As a new member you will be sent a Gift Voucher Information Kit as part of your welcome pack.

PLEASE ENSURE THAT YOU EDUCATE ALL OF YOUR STAFF ABOUT THIS PROGRAMME.

Restaurant Gift Card programme:

The Restaurant Gift Card programme is a joint initiative between the Restaurant Association and epay, with cards sold at over 3,000 retail outlets around the country. This is a separate system from the Association Git Vouchers.

The Restaurant Gift Card can be used exclusively at Restaurant Association member outlets, drawing card holders to participating member businesses. Involvement allows members to benefit from a share of Restaurant Gift Card redemptions in their region. Once membership is confirmed, we will be in touch to sign you up for this programme.

  • When a card is presented as payment, your existing EFTPOS terminal is all that is needed to process the transaction. Just like an EFTPOS transaction, the card will return an accepted or declined response. On acceptance, the amount will be deducted from the gift card and epay will pay 100% of the value of the transaction (paid weekly).
  • This gift card works with all major EFTPOS terminals, but it needs to be setup first.
  • No upfront or ongoing costs. The cost of card production and of the gift card programme is met by the Restaurant Association and epay.
  • Increased profits. Most gift card holders spend more than the value available on their gift card.
  • No discount required. Gift card holders treat the funds on their gift card as free money, so you don’t need special offers to draw them in.
  • Easy reconciliation. Participants receive weekly reports containing details of all cards redeemed.
  • Break geographic boundaries. Due to their convenient size and shape, gift cards are frequently purchased for recipients whose gifts must be posted to them. That lets businesses benefit from sales made in other regions.
  • Reach new markets. Benefit from epay’s relationships with incentive / reward scheme providers, as well as sales through NZ’s leading online gift card sales store.