“Winning and losing is not going to be helpful” - Timothy McMichael (Mediator of the Year in New Zealand) on comparing mediation in New Zealand and Australia. AFCC series.

“Winning and losing is not going to be helpful” - Timothy McMichael (Mediator of the Year in New Zealand) on comparing mediation in New Zealand and Australia. AFCC series.

• Both New Zealand and Australia place importance on family law mediation.
• Family mediation works in similar ways in New Zealand and Australia.
• Parties in New Zealand are allowed more hours of mediation than in Australia.
• Several multiple sessions of mediation in New Zealand.
• Issue of delays in Court in New Zealand.
• Recommendations regarding family law reform in New Zealand.
• Child focused and child inclusive mediation in New Zealand.