Business Mentors

Mentoring New Zealand

Since 2019, Sustainability and Resilience Institute have been provided services to support small businesses, leveraging our expertise alongside the work of Business Mentors New Zealand, the leading national mentoring provider for SMEs since 1991. With over 2,000 volunteer mentors and 14 agencies, the service has assisted more than 80,000 business owners, helping start-ups, existing businesses, and the not-for-profit sector. The mission is to enhance sustainability by utilising volunteer expertise to foster business growth, create employment, and alleviate financial hardship across New Zealand.

Business Mentors New Zealand

Mission

To enhance small business sustainability by mobilising volunteer resources, utilising the skills and experience of successful business people to meet community needs by supporting the creation and retention of employment, and the alleviation of financial hardship in urban and rural communities.

Vision

To be the leading, community-focused mentoring service for SMEs in New Zealand, providing an outstanding, effective national service to our clients. Further, to be essentially funded by business, yet strongly endorsed and supported by central Government, local Government and other key organisations or agencies involved in the development of this important sector.

Need a Mentor?

Contact Business Mentors New Zealand to request mentoring services from the Sustainability and Resilience Institute.

Businesses We’re Mentored/Mentoring through Business New Zealand

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