Critical — do not sign

Termination fee or exit penalty

Ko te mea e mahi ai tēnei waehere

You pay money to leave.

He aha te take i pā ai ki a koe

An exit fee converts a bad relationship into an expensive one. It is a core driver of creator/agency disputes, and agencies use it to make leaving financially impossible rather than to compensate genuine loss.

He aha te āhua o te putanga tika

No exit fee. Both sides can walk on reasonable notice.

Ka taea e koe te tuku i te kupu

Neither party shall owe any fee, penalty, or liquidated damages upon termination.

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:

termination feeearly terminationliquidated damagesbreak feepenaltybuyout

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.