Common Ground Mediation offers calm, structured mediation for workplaces, families, and communities, helping people find a resolution they each had a hand in shaping.
I'm a certified conflict resolution practitioner based in Wellington, with a background in organisational development, facilitation, and people leadership. My approach is calm, gentle, and understanding, paired with an honesty and directness that helps people move past surface positions and interrogate what's really at stake for them.
My career has spanned boardrooms to correctional facilities, courtrooms to university classrooms, giving me first-hand understanding of complexities and power dynamics at every level. As a practitioner from an ethnic minority background, I bring cultural awareness and sensitivity, ensuring every party feels genuinely heard and fairly represented.
Disputes between colleagues, teams, or management, resolved before they harden into something bigger.
Clear, fair processes for separating couples working through parenting, property, or care arrangements.
Business and contractual disputes mediated with commercial pragmatism and an eye on the relationship, not just the deal.
Neighbour and community disputes, mediated with fairness and an eye to lasting resolution.
A short, no-obligation conversation to understand the situation and check mediation is the right fit.
A confidential, impartial session where each party is heard and the issues are worked through directly.
A clear outcome or agreement that both parties helped shape, and are more likely to stick to.
Every situation is different. Reach out and we'll talk through whether mediation is the right next step, no pressure, no obligation.