Postal Users' Guide - New Zealand Post

Print PreSort Terms and ConditionsSummary of keyrequirementsFor sending magazines, periodicals and catalogues presented in Postie runsequence within New Zealand. Postie run sequence is the order of addresses oneach Postie’s delivery route.Magazines and periodicals are publications with fixed titles that are publishedregularly, at least twice a year. Catalogues are substantial publications that marketproducts and services to, and invite purchases from, their recipients, and arepublished at least twice a year.Print PreSort cannot be used for delivering handbooks, manuals, directories orannual reports. Sales flyers or circulars do not meet the definition of a cataloguefor the purposes of Print PreSort, even if published regularly.Minimum lodgement is 5,000 items within the applicable maximum dimensions. Aminimum of 85% of items must be printed in a single continuous Postie runsequence. Aggregation of files of lesser volumes is allowed provided theconsolidated file is re-sequenced to provide one continuously sequenced file.If your lodgement does not meet these requirements New Zealand Post reservesthe right to uprate your entire lodgement to the next applicable product.To use this product you must:Have a PermitPost TM number, and be a New Zealand Post Account customer;Supply your addressing data, ideally with attached DPIDs, to your mailhouseor, PreSort certified provider for sequencing;Present your mail in the specified sequence, including additional addresselements as required;Label your mail with the appropriate labels;Submit the following data for each lodgement as part of your LodgementManager manifest;oooooStatement of Accuracy (“SOA”) unique ID from which the mailfile hasbeen sourcedSOA % relevant to the SOA Unique ID provided abovedate of New Zealand Post sequence file used for the sequencingnumber of sequenced and unsequenced itemsnumber of items in each Postie Round code.Each mail file lodged must be sequenced from the same New Zealand Postsequence file version;Lodge on or within 2 months after the date of New Zealand Post sequence fileused for sequencing. If the lodgement is outside this period, it will be upratedto the next most applicable product;Retain each sequenced address file for a period of 30 days from the date oflodgement and provide it on request for sequence quality audit purposes;Adhere to the Domestic Bulk Mail Envelope Layout Standards (ADV391) andaddress and layout guide (ADV356).New Zealand Post reserves the right to machine-process items if it is possible to doso.PUG 8h (October 2013) Page 1 of 6