| 2000 |
Auckland Youth Mentoring Association formed - an association of volunteers from education and business backgrounds, offering networking and self-help seminars for people involved in Youth Mentoring in the Auckland region |
| 2001 |
Presented at NZ's second national conference in Blenheim, organised by the South Island- based Youth Mentoring Association of Aotearoa-New Zealand |
| 2002 |
In association with COMET produced NZ's first YM publication - Youth Mentoring: An Advice Manual for Manukau and Beyond |
| 2003 |
Hosted Resiliency presentation by US speaker Nan Henderson, among a range of other seminars |
| 2004 |
Continued regional seminars and networking from Auckland base, reached limit of what could be achieved without funding |
| 2005 |
Formed charitable trust to access philanthropic funds to undertake the role of national co-ordination since YMAANZ were no longer active |
| 2006 |
Launched national website with funding from the JR Mackenzie Foundation |
| 2007 |
Ran first Auckland-based national conference, supported by the Fletcher Trust, featuring Australian and local speakers |
| 2008 |
Developed the first edition of the Guide to Effective Practice in Youth Mentoring, funded by the Ministry of Youth Development |
| 2009 |
Launched the Guide to Effective Practice in Youth Mentoring and delivered our second National Youth Mentoring Conference, strengthening regional and international links |
| 2010 |
Developed two training programmes to address the needs of the sector. "MentorPlus" focuses on mentoring skills development and "Mentoring Matters" focuses on mentor programme effective practice. Jane Edwards developed these programmes on behalf of NZYMN and was our inaugural training facilitator. In 2010 we also had the pleasure of hosting David Dubios, University of Illinois and co-editor of the Handbook of Youth Mentoring |
| 2011 |
Ran our third biennial national conference and continued delivery of professional development training to the sector |
| 2012 |
Developed foundational MentorPlus training to tie in with national qualifications in Youth Work. Appointed Nicki McDonald as General Manager and hosted leading USA academic, Dr Renee Spencer. |
| 2013 |
In conjunction the Ministry of Health Children’s Action Plan directorate, developed the Safe Practices Guidelines for Youth Mentoring Programmes andran our fourth bienneial national conference |
| 2014 |
In conjunctionwith Dr Pat Bullen, University of Auckland Lecturer and recipient of the 2014 Vodafone World of Difference Fellowship we commenced the mapping of the youth mentoring sector in order to establish a comprehensive and up-to-date database of organisations and practitioners offering mentoring services around the country. |
| 2015 |
In conjunction with the University of Auckland we co-hosted two presentations by Professor Toni Zimmerman, Colorado State University and creator of the Campus Corps mentoring model. We have also recently hosted Professor Michael Karcher, University of Texas and co-editor of both editions of the Handbook of Youth Mentoring. We have commenced the refresh of the website and the 2nd edition of the Guide to Effective Practice in Youth Mentoring NZ. |
| 2016 |
We published the 2nd Edition of our Guide to Effective and Safe Practice in Youth Mentoring; delivered a one day national conference followed by a series of Regional workshops to upskill people and communities on the new Guide, kindly funded by The Tindall Foundation. |
| 2017 |
We completed the delivery of 18 regional workshops on the new Guide - 522 people representing 262 organisations from Kaitaia to Invercargill attended. |
| 2018 |
We successfully delivered the Involve 2018 National Youth Development Conference in colloboration with Ara Taiohi, the Peak Body for Youth Development, The Collaborative Trust and The Society of Youth Health Professional Aotearoa NZ. |
