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  • Agreements Between Maori and Local Authorities

    Published by Indigenous Peoples and the Law - February 2000

    Manukau City Council have written a useful article on what other councils have done in relation to dispute resolution.

  • Alternative Dispute Resolution (PDF 0.57 MB)

    Published January 1997

    Discusses how ADR provides an expeditious, private, confidential and usually cost effective method of resolving disputes, and its potential for use in compliance disputes.

  • Alternative Dispute Resolution: General Civil Cases

    Published by Ministry of Justice - June 2004

    Integrates research findings by various stakeholders on the experiences of and perspectives on alternative dispute resolution, and the way these apply to resource management.

  • Compromise has Limits (PDF 385.01 KB)

    Published by New Zealand Planning Institute - March 1994

    Questions whether the environment is represented adequately by formal dispute resolution techniques designed for resolving the private concerns of two parties, and details the need for alternatives.

  • Conversations on Environmental Mediation in the New Zealand Environment Court (DOC 0.84 MB)

    Published by Fulbright New Zealand - October 2006

    Looks at the practice of Environment Court led mediation in NZ and covers the mediation framework, pre-mediation issues, the benefits of the current system, and the challenges in mediation.

  • Dispute Resolution - Mediation policy (PDF 24.72 KB)

    Published by Tauranga District Council - March 2003

    Tauranga District Council has adopted a mediation policy.

  • Dispute Resolution - Procedures (PDF 20.31 KB)

    Published by Tauranga District Council - March 2003

    Tauranga District Council in conjunction with the mediation policy adopted mediation procedures.

  • Dispute Resolution: Extensive Consultation Process (PDF 55.95 KB)

    Published by Timaru District Council - March 2003

    Timaru District Council has undertaken an extensive consultation process for its resource consent application to build a new sewage treatment plant.

  • Dispute Resolution: Facilitated Meetings and Workshops Among Submitters to a Plan (PDF 23.53 KB)

    Published by Christchurch City Council - March 2003

    This is a case study of Christchurch City Council.

  • Dispute Resolution: Funding an advocate for affected parties (PDF 43.38 KB)

    Published March 2003

    This is a case study of the Otahuhu Motorway Interchange as a best practice example of funding an advocate for affected parties to a designation.

  • Dispute Resolution: Negotiation Before a Council Hearing (PDF 22.82 KB)

    Published March 2003

    Case study of a quarry proposal and settlement with 42 submitters.

  • Dispute Resolution: Negotiation and Mediation After References (PDF 61.88 KB)

    Published March 2003

    A case study of Northland Regional Council for Marine 6 (Wharves) Management Area.

  • Dispute Resolution: Pre Hearing Meetings (PDF 60.40 KB)

    Published March 2003

    Taranaki Regional Council case study

  • Dispute Resolution: Pre-hearing Meetings 2 (PDF 56.09 KB)

    Published March 2003

    Southland District Council case study.

  • Dispute Resolution: Side agreement before Notification of a Plan Change (PDF 21.47 KB)

    Published March 2003

    Land owners and the Papakura District Council signed a side agreement that solved the problem of having insufficient financial contribution provisions in a plan to cope with major urban growth.

  • Interest Groups Beware of Costs! (PDF 90.15 KB)

    Published by New Zealand Planning Institute - December 1995

    This article discloses how the possibility of a hostile decision as to costs must be in the back of any party's mind when considering taking a case to the tribunal.

  • LEADR NZ website

    Published by LEADR NZ - March 2003

    LEADR NZ is a non-profit membership organisation set up to promote and develop mediation, and facilitate workshops and seminars on alternative dispute resolution, mediation and consultation.

  • Labels Avoid the Issues (PDF 205.08 KB)

    Published by New Zealand Planning Institute - September 1992

    This article provides some key advice on working through local concerns to a proposed development. It offers the essential ingredients to a successful community consultation process.

  • Planners as Mediators (PDF 240.62 KB)

    Published by New Zealand Planning Institute - September 1993

    Planners are not perceived as neutral parties with the skills to resolve environmental disputes. Future effectiveness of EDR depends on the education & experience of planners in the planning process.

  • Positive Tools with Pitfalls (PDF 422.99 KB)

    Published by New Zealand Planning Institute - September 1993

    Summarises three case studies which demonstrate the benefits of mediation and registration whilst also recognising their shortcomings, and concludes with ten key points for effective negotiating.

  • Resolving Environmental Disputes by Mediation (PDF 320.50 KB)

    Published by New Zealand Planning Institute - January 2001

    Gives some insights into mediation and the mediation process as a method of dispute resolution, by defining what mediation is, the process of mediation and where to find trained mediators.

  • Resolving Resource Management Act Concerns

    Published by Ministry for the Environment - June 2006

    A guide to which agencies do what in relation to the RMA and where you should take your particular concern.

  • Resolving Troubling Cultural Issues (PDF 124.87 KB)

    Published by New Zealand Planning Institute - June 1999

    The Wellington Biosolids case suggests that cultural issues can be resolved where the circumstances suggest that the "pragmatic", rather than "traditional", view of Maori tikanga should be preferred.

  • Uses and benefits of ADR and environmental cases (PDF 158.48 KB)

    Published February 1995

    The purpose of this article is to discuss Additional Dispute Resolution (ADR) in environmental cases.

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