by FDRC | 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...
by FDR Centre | 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...
by FDRC | Feb 1, 2019 | Counselling, Elder Mediation, FDR Mediation, Mediation
By Nicola Hartfield Nicola Hartfield, mediator and workplace mentor, discusses how anger influences certain personality types and the importance of understanding and managing anger to better engage with clients in stressful situations. While engagement and connection...
by FDR Centre | Jan 23, 2019 | FDR Mediation
The Family Justice Reform panel has released its second consultation paper which examines the 2014 family justice reforms. The panel’s research has shown that for those who have engaged in FDR, it can be a ‘quick, affordable and effective process’. They therefore want...
by FDR Centre | Dec 11, 2018 | Elder Mediation, FDR Mediation, Mediation
– by Nigel Dunlop It is commonly said that power imbalances in mediation render it unfair. The image is conjured up of a hapless party being cajoled into an unfavourable settlement by a more powerful party. Better to go to court, it is said, where bullying will...
