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Cool Schools Peer Mediation Programme, Staff Meeting 29/5/23

By Anonymous

This programme comes from the Peace Foundation
  •  Building a toolkit for peaceful conflict resolution and mediation. 
  • This includes the peer mediator programme and training. 
  • Peer mediators are trained to deal with lower level conflicts / issues.
  • Opportunity for different students to build leadership skills as mediators.
  • Can build on / link to established virtues and values in the school.
  • Negative reactions are common (remember this is a choice, however!)

Animal Conflict styles 


Pūpūrangi (avoiding) 
Denial, avoid, withdrawal, lose-lose situation
Stop talking - silent or walk away; sulk; ignore the issue; can become resentful

Kiwi (accommodating)
Suppression, accommodating, lose-win situation
Act as though nothing is the matter, Peace-keepers & like to preserve harmony, often say ‘yes’ to preserve the relationship, can refuse to talk about the problem, can become cross with someone afterwards (suppressed anger and frustration?)

Mako (competing)
Assertive, power, in control, aggressive, win-lose situation
Action focus, challenging ("I'm right, they're wrong"), can refuse to take NO, talking others down

Kurī (compromising)
Compromising, negotiating, win some—lose some situation
Divide equally, I’ll give if you give—trade off, finding the middle ground

Ruru (collaborating)
Collaborative, cooperative, working with, problem solving, win/win situation
Talking and listening, relationship is important and needs to be nurtured, brainstorming ideas together to solve, non threatening communication to find a solution, reflective listening


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