Big Brothers Big Sisters of New Zealand

Big Brothers Big Sisters matches children and young people aged 6 to 12 with mentors in professionally supported one-to-one relationships.

Nationwide

Research highlights the powerful, positive, lasting impact that mentors have on children’s lives.

The Big Brothers Big Sisters model of mentoring has been affirmed by rigorous, ongoing external evaluation. This independent research has shown the positive relationships between youth and their Big Brothers and Big Sisters have a direct and measurable impact on children’s lives.

With a proven track record of over 100 years, Big Brothers Big Sisters is the world’s largest mentoring programme helping over 280,000 children around the world reach their potential through professionally supported mentoring relationships.

Here in New Zealand Big Brothers Big Sisters supports around 950 children each year in 12 different locations:

North Island

Auckland

Hamilton

Taranaki

Hawke's Bay

Rotorua

Manawatu

Whakatane

Wellington

South Island

Nelson-Tasman

North Canterbury

Christchurch

Westland

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New Research highlights the impact of our programme 5 December 2014

Thanks for your support of Big Brothers Big Sisters.

Your gift will make an incredible difference in a child's life and there is new research on Big Brothers Big Sisters to confirm this!

The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health Study in Canada has found some impressive results showing that boys with a mentor on our programme are less likely to exhibit a whole range of negative behaviours.

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Marvin on 30 Jun 2024

$100

Big Brothers Big Sisters of New Zealand

Kia ora Marvin, Thank you so much for your generous gift! How lucky are we to have people like you in our community! Your donation helps us to support over 1000 kiwi kids this year with positive role models who need us to support their match and make sure they are having a great time with their Mentors. Good on you! Thanks again from Drew (CEO), Chelsea (Operations Manager), Matt (Practice Manager) and myself, Cushla (Comms Manager) If you would like to know more, our email is National@bbbs.nz

Donors’ tax credits TaxGifted on 27 Jun 2024

This donation is from generous donors who opted in to regift their tax credits via TaxGift. Aren’t they awesome!

$33.33

Big Brothers Big Sisters of New Zealand

Kia ora. A huge thank you from us for donating your refund back. That is very thoughtful. We just love our communities and their generous spirit. Every little bit helps us support our children with positive roles models. one hour, once a week. We hope you are having a good day. Thanks again, from Drew (CEO) Chelsea (Ops Director), Matt (Practice Manager) and Cushla (Comms Manager) at BBBS NZ.

Donors’ tax credits TaxGifted in year ended March 2021 on 31 Mar 2023

This donation is from generous donors who opted in to regift their tax credits via TaxGift for the Tax Year ending March 2021. Aren’t they awesome!

$1.67

Leighton on 24 Nov 2022

Nishant on 18 Aug 2022

$20

Big Brothers Big Sisters of New Zealand

Thank you so much for your donation. Your donation will go toward supporting the young people in NZ by providing them with a friend and mentor. Regards, the team @BBBS NZ.