Pooja Sundar is a mediator and lawyer with a calm, solutions-focused approach to complex and emotionally charged disputes. With over a decade of experience in immigration, public law, and tribunal-level legal matters, she brings practical insight into how conflict arises – and how it can be resolved with dignity, clarity, and care.
Pooja’s mediation style is shaped by her culturally informed practice, her extensive client-facing work with communities from a wide range of backgrounds, and her ability to communicate across differences with empathy and precision. Her clients come from diverse cultural, linguistic, and family backgrounds, and she creates space where people feel heard, understood, and supported.
Her work frequently involves complex negotiations with government agencies, including Immigration New Zealand, where she engages with case officers, senior staff, and policy-level decision-makers to advocate for changes in policy.
Pooja is also trusted by colleagues for her strategic judgment. She regularly guides clients through difficult crossroads – balancing legal, cultural, personal, and practical realities – with the consistent professionalism the work requires. Her mediation and negotiation abilities are strengthened by her background as a lawyer with over a decade of relevant experience, formal alternative dispute resolution training, and a Master of Laws degree.
Elder mediation supports families working through decisions about ageing, care planning, cultural expectations, and inter-generational communication. These conversations can be delicate, particularly where cultural expectations and family dynamics intersect, and Pooja can facilitate them with respect, clarity, and stability.
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Family mediation helps partners, whānau, and co-parents work through relationship challenges, parenting plans, donor/parentage agreements, and family formation matters. Pooja guides families toward practical, child-centred, future-focused resolutions.
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Employment mediation enables employers and employees to resolve workplace conflict, performance concerns, communication issues, and culturally sensitive situations. Pooja’s neutral, steady approach helps preserve relationships while reaching fair and workable outcomes.
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Commercial mediation offers businesses and professional partners a way to resolve disputes involving contracts, service delivery, communication breakdowns, or partnership tensions. Pooja brings structure, commercial awareness, and problem-solving skill to guide parties toward balanced, durable agreements that protect both relationships and business continuity.
Contact PoojaMediation avoids the delays and expense of court or formal proceedings. Sessions are tailored to your situation and can be scheduled around the parties’ availability.
Conversations stay private. Parties retain control over their outcomes rather than having decisions imposed by a court or other decision-maker.
Where the relationship is ongoing – family, whānau, business partners, or colleagues – mediation protects dignity and encourages healthier communication.