April 2019 - Family Dispute Resolution Centre

18 August 2021 | COVID Update

In line with Ministry of Health guidance, our staff are currently working remotely. They remain available to assist and it is business as usual. However, we ask that wherever possible you contact us online or by email to casemanager@fdrc.co.nz

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A (sad) Tale of Four Sisters, a Property Magnate, Two Wellington Professionals and a Liquor Baron

by Brinda Khatri | Apr 18, 2019 | Family Law, Relationship Property, Trusts and Estates, Wills

Disputes over inheritance and division of relationship property leave parties reeling and broke and the public entertained at their expense The late William (Bill) Walker took over farming his parents’ farm, Hazeldale, in 1950. He developed it into a much admired...

Study of Māori depression by renowned Māori FDR mediator leads to transformative model of practice

by Brinda Khatri | Apr 15, 2019 | FDR Mediation

Rangi – Rua (Of – Two Minds) The FDR Centre is honoured and delighted to announce that one of our Senior FDR Mediators, Ngarongo Ormsby (Ngāti Maniapoto, Tainui & Ngāti Ranginui), has recently graduated from Te Whare Wānanga ō Awanuiārangi in Whakatāne...

Giving children a voice in FDR Mediation

by Catherine Green | Apr 2, 2019 | FDR Mediation, Voice of the Child

By Catherine Green, Executive Director FDR Centre Since early 2015, the FDR Centre has been offering child inclusive FDR Mediation, where children have the opportunity to share their views with a Child Inclusion Specialist, who attends the mediation in the children’s...