Mentor Guides

This module helps mentors guide their mentees through the crucial process of identifying their strengths and weaknesses. With practical strategies for self-reflection, seeking feedback, and leveraging personal strengths, this resource supports mentees in career planning, personal development, and building self-awareness. Perfect for anyone involved in mentoring students, volunteering, or looking to create positive social change in New Zealand.

Help your mentee navigate the big leap from high school to university with practical strategies on study habits, time management, social connection, financial responsibility, and self-care. A valuable read for mentors supporting students through academic and personal change in New Zealand.

Support your mentee in identifying their personal values and using them to make life and career decisions. This guide offers reflective exercises and real-life examples for shaping authentic, meaningful choices.

This guide equips mentors with proven strategies to help high school students build strong study habits. From setting goals and creating study schedules to active learning and self-care, it's designed to support academic success and long-term growth—ideal for mentors working with rangatahi in their final school years.

This resource guides mentors in supporting students to manage their time effectively as they adjust to university life. It includes prompts to discuss daily routines, prioritising tasks, using calendars or digital tools, and setting realistic expectations for workload. Mentors are encouraged to explore strategies with their mentees that help them stay organised and reduce stress during busy periods.

This module provides practical guidance for mentors to help students recognise common stress triggers and develop strategies to manage pressure. It includes conversation starters and suggestions around time pressure, exam stress, homesickness and self-care, as well as the importance of acknowledging when to ask for help.

This guide supports mentors to introduce key personal finance topics, including setting up a budget, managing weekly expenses, understanding banking tools, and planning for larger costs such as textbooks and travel. It also encourages mentees to reflect on spending habits and build confidence in making informed financial decisions.

This resource helps mentors highlight the value of getting involved beyond the classroom, including clubs, sport, volunteering or leadership opportunities. It explores how extracurriculars can support personal growth, build transferable skills and contribute to a well-rounded university experience, while also discussing how to maintain a healthy balance with study.

Mentors can use this resource to support mentees in developing a growth mindset by reframing mistakes as opportunities to learn and encouraging persistence in the face of challenges. The guide outlines practical ways to reinforce positive beliefs around effort, progress and capability, and includes discussion prompts tailored for those becoming university students.

This module encourages structured reflection on the high school journey. It helps mentors guide students through acknowledging their accomplishments, identifying challenges they have overcome, and setting intentions for their academic and personal development in the year ahead. The guide includes suggested questions and goal-setting frameworks to support these conversations and provide direction for what comes next.

Designed to support the transition from first to second year, this resource equips mentors to help students anticipate upcoming changes such as increased academic pressure, more independent learning, or shifts in social circles. It offers tips on how to reflect on lessons learned in Year 1 and begin planning for continued success in Year 2.

Show your mentee why networking is crucial for career and personal growth. Help them build strong, supportive, two-way relationships and uncover hidden opportunities across New Zealand's communities.

Give your mentee simple but powerful project management tools to tackle assignments, events, and other tasks confidently. From planning to execution, this guide helps them stay on track and succeed.

Help your mentee take their money skills to the next level. This guide covers smarter budgeting, saving for long-term goals, understanding debt, and making confident financial decisions during university. Build their financial independence now to set them up for future success.

University life brings challenges—assignments, deadlines, and unexpected setbacks. This guide helps mentees develop a positive mindset, adapt to change, and bounce back stronger from adversity. Equip them with strategies to stay motivated, optimistic, and focused on their goals.

Whether it’s a disagreement with a flatmate, group project tensions, or a tough discussion with a lecturer, difficult conversations are part of life. This guide offers practical strategies for handling them with confidence, respect, and clarity—turning discomfort into growth opportunities.