Conciliation
Conciliation usually refers to conciliation of share-milking disputes.
AMINZ administers the National Panel of Conciliators under an agreement with Federated Farmers of New Zealand.
The sharemilking industry formalised conciliation as a cost-effective dispute resolution process for disputes between parties to agreements in the dairy industry, in particular: the Variable Order Sharemilking Agreement under the Sharemilking Agreements Order 2011; the New Zealand Herd Owning Sharemilking Agreement; and the New Zealand Contract Milking Agreement. There are also other industry standard agreements and ad hoc agreements that name conciliation for disputes arising from those agreements.
Conciliation is a process where an independent and neutral conciliator works with the parties to identify the issues in dispute and helps them to reach agreement. If the parties are unable to reach agreement on some or all of the issues then the conciliator makes a written proposal to the parties with recommendations as to how they can settle the dispute.
Conciliators who are admitted to the National Panel of Conciliators are all suitably qualified and experienced to act as conciliators for sharemilking and other farming disputes that require conciliation. Parties can agree to select a conciliator. If parties are not able to reach agreement on who to select, then a conciliator can be appointed by the Chairperson of the National Panel of Conciliators.
If you are looking for a conciliator click here to view the National Panel of Conciliators.
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