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
Nicola Earl
Case Manager
New Plymouth
(06) 7695459
nicola@bbbs.nz
Brenda Buchanan
Case Manager
Stratford
brenda@bbbs.nz
Kendra Bilderbeck
Case Manager
New Plymouth
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
Warren Bain
Programme Coordinator
(06) 7585640
warren@bbbs.nz
Our Trustees
Lynne Harrison
Family/Youth Court Judge
Francis Farmer
Site Manager
Oranga Tamariki
Paul Shearer
Solicitor Family Court
Jenny Gellen
Education Specialist
Mark Butterworth
Retired Farm Owner
Rob Crabtree
Public Relations Manager
Jeff McGrath
Sgt, NP Police Youth Services
Keryn Broughton
Solicitor Family Court
Weston Newman
Business Manager
Monique Sigvertsen
Contracts & Procurement Analyst