Welcome to the New Zealand Youth Mentoring Network website. The Network is the national hub for the youth mentoring sector in New Zealand. We work with organisations and practitioners to to promote effective youth mentoring. We provide advice, support, access to best practice resources and training in Mentoring.
Mentoring can have a powerful and positive influence on the lives of young people as they grow and transition into adulthood. If mentoring is an area that interests you - either as a recipient, mentor, programme provider, funder or thinker we need to hear from you.
We are pleased to confirm our 2014 training schedule for our MentorPlus and Mentoring Matters training programmes.
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University of Auckland academic Dr Pat Bullen (5th from the left) has been awarded the 2014 Vodafone World of Difference Fellowship to further develop her expertise in youth mentoring.
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Two initiatives relating to mentoring are currently in the pipeline. The Ministry of Education has published an RFP for the provision of mentoring services for Māori and Pasifika students, and The Ministry of Health has published an RFI to explore ideas for linking mentoring with the multi-disciplinary Children’s Teams that are being established.
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Find out about Goverment's new initiative to promote youth mentoring, by encouraging adults to volunteer to mentor young people. read more