Mentoring Young People of Aotearoa

With a proven track record of over 100 years, Big Brothers Big Sisters is the world’s premier mentoring programme.

Each year over 280,000 children around the world are helped to reach their potential through professionally supported one-to-one relationships. Here in New Zealand more than 500 young people each year have a mentor in one of the 14 Big Brothers Big Sisters programmes operating around the country.

And, the research shows that our mentoring works – young people with a Big Brother or Big Sister show real differences in their personal and academic lives.

So, whether you volunteer, donate or participate with Big Brothers Big Sisters, you will change lives. We invite you to be a part of something BIG!

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Big BOOTCAMP features on TVNZ Good Morning show

Aroha Hathaway is joining forces with Anna Julienne, putting her body on the line to raise money for Big Brothers Big Sisters of NZ. Aroha and Anna are part of the celebrity ambassador team participating in the Big BOOTCAMP being run by Les Mills to raise funds for the Auckland ...

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Big Brothers Big Sisters is being launched in Auckland with the help of BIG BOOTCAMP

The recently established Big Brothers Big Sisters of Auckland agency is being given a major boost with the help the Les Mills fourth annual charity bootcamp, which this year aims to raise $100,000 for the Auckland programme.

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Christchurch programme for earthquake affected children.

The earthquakes in Christchurch have been tough for everyone in the area but particularly so for children. Some have lost loved ones, many have lost their homes, and most have had friends and family move away. It’s been really rough. Here’s a positive response being offered by Big Brothers Big ...

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Canterbury Community Trust contributes $90k to three Big Brothers Big Sisters branches!

Ka mau te wehi (awesome) news! Canterbury Community Trust has funded all three Big Brothers Big Sisters branches in their funding region this year.

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Real Life Story

Big Brother Andy and his Little Brother Cody have joined the growing numbers participating in the Big Brothers Big Sisters programme.

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Just Launched: Three short videos of Mentor Matches

Above is the compilation video of three short clips highlighting Big Brothers Big Sisters Mentor match pairs. Watch this space for more videos coming real soon.

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National Director awarded Paul Harris Fellowship

Whakatu Rotary Club in Nelson awards Paul Harris Fellowship to National Director of Big Brothers Big Sisters (NZ), Dave Marshall.

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Nelson & Taranaki added to Local Branches section of this website

The Taranaki and Nelson Website pages are the latest addition to our New Zealand website as the first of our local branches pages - a site within a site! Lots of local info and all the latest news and upcoming events.

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