High — negotiate before signing

Term longer than 12 months

Ko te mea e mahi ai tēnei waehere

How long you are committed for.

He aha te take i pā ai ki a koe

A long term removes your only real leverage — the ability to leave. If the agency underperforms in month two, you have the rest of the term to endure it. Multi-year lock-ins are how creators end up trapped with agencies they hate.

He aha te āhua o te putanga tika

12 months maximum, ideally with a 30-day no-fault exit for both sides.

Ka taea e koe te tuku i te kupu

The initial term shall be twelve (12) months. Either party may terminate at any time on thirty (30) days written notice without penalty.

Whakapā tēnei ki roto i tōna urupare. He tino pai ake te tono mō tētahi huringa tauwhāiti i te tono ki a rātou ki te "whakamārō" i tētahi waeine.

He pēhea te kite i a ia

Ka rapu i tōna kānataraki mō ēnei kupu:

term ofyearsmonth termdurationshall continue for

Ka whakamātautau i tōna kānataraki tūturu

Whakapā, whakarewa rānei, ā, ka kitea e tātau tēnei waeine me ētahi atu 17, ka whakahuatia te reo tika ki a koe, ā, ka waihanga i tētahi tuhipoka whakawhitiwhiti. Whakawhanake, kāore he kāri.

Ka arotake ahau i te kānataraki

Ko ētahi atu mea hei whakamātautau

This is an automated review to help you spot common problems — not legal advice, and not a substitute for a lawyer. We can miss things, and a clause that looks fine in isolation can still be a problem in context. Have a lawyer review anything you are about to sign.