•Deborah Hart is the executive director of the Arbitrators' and Mediators' Institute of New Zealand. For a long time, critics said much the same thing about the Family Court. Nothing was done at the time about property disputes that often go hand in hand with a split. One of New Zealand's most experienced family mediators, Nicola Hartfield, says the skill of a mediator is in their ability to get people who are stuck, to move past what seems to keep them stuck. "Seemingly intractable disputes, even in the delicate arena of family, are able to be resolved".

Source: New Zealand Herald March 06, 2017 10:41 UTC