Our partners

Pillars, a partner of Fair Way's Family Dispute Resolution (FDR) service, is a charity for children of prisoners to support positive, crime-free lives. They aim to break the cycle of intergenerational offending in New Zealand. Visit their website for more information.

 

Skylight, a partner of Fair Way's Family Dispute Resolution (FDR) service, is a national not-for-profit organisation that supports and resources children, young people, adults and their families/whanau who have been affected by change, loss, trauma and grief - whatever the cause. Skylight also equips, supports, trains and resources the caregivers, relatives, friends, neighbours, workmates, community groups and professionals caring for them. Visit their website for more information.

 

Portia (formerly Ebborn Law) is one of the largest specialist family law firms in New Zealand. They are a transformational company leading the way in the law sector in areas such as technology, human resources, organisational design and strategic marketing. Portia pioneered the VLaw® system of legal service delivery, utilising technology to create affordable and efficient access to justice for all people including via telephone or Skype. They are experts in the Care of Children Act and have been the leading provider of the Family Legal Advice Service (FLAS) since its inception in 2014. Visit their website for more information, and for free information on the family justice system.

 

Barnardos is New Zealand’s leading provider of children’s social services and offers a range of services across New Zealand, helping thousands of children every year. Their services work to meet the needs of children from birth through to adulthood and range from early help services to intensive services for some of the most vulnerable children and young people in Aotearoa. Their staff support whanau through issues such as abuse, neglect, family violence, educational difficulties, bullying, and more. Services include parenting advice and education, including the “Parenting Through Separation Programme” and “Footsteps to Feeling Safe”, and working with parents, caregivers and others where there are issues of family violence, alcohol and drug use, child health or disability, emotional abuse or neglect, risk or actual statutory involvement, parental mental health issues. Visit their website or call 0800 BARNARDOS (0800 227 627) for more information about their Child and Family Services.

 

Fair Way have an exclusive partnership agreement with Tyler Technologies as the sole provider for Tyler’s Modria® online dispute solution (ODR) software in New Zealand. Tyler Technologies is a leading provider of end-to-end information management solutions and services for local governments. Tyler partners with clients to empower the public sector - cities, counties, schools and other government entities - to become more efficient, more accessible and more responsive to the needs of their constituents. Tyler's client base includes more than 15,000 local government offices in all 50 states, Canada, the Caribbean, Australia, and other international locations. In 2017, Forbes ranked Tyler on its "Most Innovative Growth Companies" list, and Fortune included Tyler on its "100 Fastest-Growing Companies" list. More information about Tyler Technologies, headquartered in Plano, Texas, can be found at www.tylertech.com.

 

Asian Family Services (AFS) was established in 1998 to provide counselling, public health education and support for all Asians living in New Zealand.  AFS is New Zealand’s only service provider for people of Asian background who are affected by mental health issues and gambling harm. Their gambling harm minimisation services are delivered under a Ministry of Health contract and funded from the gambling levy. In addition, AFS provides a range of wider social and public health services. AFS’s Asian Helpline counsellors provide free, professional, confidential, nationwide emotional support to Asians living in New Zealand (0800 862 342, Monday – Friday, 9am-8pm). Asian Wellbeing Services (AWS) provides professional and confidential psychological interventions and tailor-made psychoeducation and therapy workshops for clients with non-gambling issue. At the Apollo Medical Centre, AFS has a Health Improvement Practitioner (HIP) and Health Coach available to support wellbeing needs. AFS’s Digi Language Support (DLS) is testing a digital self-service booking system for primary and community care patients to access telehealth language support services. For more information, please visit www.asianfamilyservices.nz