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Big Brothers Big Sisters of Hawke's Bay is a registered charity matching young people with supportive adult role models. We are committed to establishing and supporting long term, consistent and meaningful mentoring relationships, making our community safer and more connected for youth.

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Hawke's Bay News:

Match sponsor site visits

Three of our sponsored matches enjoyed visits to their sponsor’s work sites over the last few months. Read more below about the Medallion Petfoods, Goodtime Pies and Nexia visits.Read more

Mentor Referral Competition Terms and Conditions

Terms and Conditions: Information on how to enter and the prizes available form part of these conditions. Entries must comply with these conditions to be valid. One entry into the draw is valid perRead more

New World Trolley Grab Terms & Conditions

Eligibility and Entry: Prize draws are exclusive to New World Hastings. Entries must comply with these terms and conditions to be valid. The prize will be drawn on Tuesday, 1 October 2024, with aRead more

Information Session

Join us online for an obligation-free presentation to find out what our Big Brothers Big Sisters mentoring programme involves. At the end of the session, you will come away with a good understanding Read more

2024 Volunteer Excellence Awards

This year we nominated Big Brothers Big Sisters volunteer Tracy for the Individual Award at the 2024 Hawke's Bay Volunteer Excellence Awards (pictured L-R: Hayley – Programme Manager, Tracy –Read more

Farewell Patricia

It was with mixed emotions that we farewelled Patricia in December. Patricia was an integral and invaluable member of the Big Brothers Big Sisters team, and was the spark that relaunched the Hawke'sRead more

Mentee, Kaine, graduates at 18

After nine years of being matched Alasdair and Kaine have officially signed out of the BBBS programme, though they intend to keep in contact for the foreseeable future. Soon to be 18 and graduatingRead more

Match Event - End of Year Party

We celebrated our end of year mentor and mentee event by having a party at Hastings Intermediate. New Zealand Police local officers joined us and ran sports games, sizzled up some delicious snags andRead more

Video - EIT collaboration

We recently partnered with EIT Idea School who worked with us to create this video about Big Brothers Big Sisters. The video features Mentor David, Mentee Bailey, Bailey's mum Kristie, and ProgrammeRead more

A Fond Farewell

Matches close for a variety of reasons, and there is much to be celebrated. We enjoy meeting up with our mentees and mentors to reflect on personal growth and recap on memories. While we are always sRead more

Match Event - National Aquarium

We had a whopping 80 mentors and mentees attend our mid-year event at The National Aquarium of New Zealand this past weekend. It was a fabulous opportunity for our mentors to connect with each otRead more

BBBS National Hui 2023

Our team joined staff from 13 BBBS branches from across the motu in Ōtautahi Christchurch for the BBBS National Hui. The focus was on building relationships - whanaungatanga, and deepening our youthRead more

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