We believe potential lives within every young person. Big Brothers Big Sisters mentors help form strong positive relationships that express care, challenge growth, share power, and expand possibilities.
Our mentors help ignite youth potential.
Quality youth mentoring, that works
Through quality training, Big Brothers Big Sisters equips Mentors with the ability to ignite potential and build resilience in young people all over Aotearoa New Zealand.
Big Brothers Big Sisters of New Zealand is part of the world’s largest volunteer mentoring network. We make professionally supervised mentoring matches between adults and young people (aged approx. six to twelve) throughout Aotearoa New Zealand.
Big Brothers Big Sisters of New Zealand
is part of the
world’s largest volunteer mentoring network
As a national not-for-profit organisation, Big Brothers Big Sisters of New Zealand relies entirely on community grants, business sponsorship and donations to provide their quality mentor training.
Studies show that 98% of the youth we mentor believe they now make better life choices as a result of the relationship with their ‘Tuakana’ (mentor)
Tuakana - Teina
Mā te tuakana te teina e tōtika, mā te teina te tuakana e tōtika
From the older the younger will learn, from the younger the older will learn.
Where the older has responsibilities to the younger, so does the younger to the older.
