One hour. Once a Week. One life.
About Big Brothers Big Sisters
of Taranaki
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Taranaki now employs seven staff
and has over one hundred wonderful volunteers matched with over one hundred equally wonderful tamariki (young people) in Waitara, New Plymouth, Inglewood, Stratford and Hawera. The exceptional success of Big Brothers Big Sisters in Taranaki belongs to the wider community, especially our volunteer mentors who support this great initiative.
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We create one-to-one, long-term, consistent relationships between caring adult volunteers and tamariki; having a positive impact on the whanau (families) of mentees; to ensure successful outcomes, supporting the Taranaki community through our preventative
mentoring programme.
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Our Staff

Paul Lampe
Programme Manager
06) 7598854
taranaki@bbbs.nz
Nicola Earl
Case Manager
New Plymouth Area
0275208332
nicola@bbbs.nz
Brenda Buchanan
Case Manager
Stratford and Hawera
0275208336
brenda@bbbs.nz
Kendra Bilderbeck
Case Manager
New Plymouth Area
0275208335
kendra@bbbs.nz
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Local Partners
- Tamarind
- NZ Police
- TSB Community Trust
- Taranaki Electricity Trust
- Primo Wireless
- The Warehouse, Hawera
- Sport Taranaki
- New Plymouth District Council
Phone: 06 759 8854
New Plymouth Police Station, 95 Powderham Street,
New Plymouth 4310
Melissa Waite
Administration
melissa@bbbs.nz
Chelsea Ternouth
Case Manager
New Plymouth Area
0275208334
chelsea.t@bbbs.nz
Our Trustees
Judge Lynne Harrison
Family/Youth Court

Francis Farmer
Site Manager
Oranga Tamariki
Paul Shearer
Solicitor Family Court
Jenny Gellen
Education Specialist
Mark Butterworth
Financial Advisor
Daniel White
Sgt, NP Police Youth Services
Keryn Broughton
Solicitor Family Court
Weston Newman
Business Manager
Monique Sigvertsen
Contracts & Procurement Analyst