BEST BUDS
Ian White rarely gets nervous in his role as general manager of ZX Security, a New Zealand-based cybersecurity consultancy. But when he met his “Little Buddy’’ Ben1 , a 13-year-old kid from Cannons Creek in Wellington, he says he was more nervous than he had been in a long time.
Despite the nerves, Ian says he decided to take his authentic self to his first meeting with Ben and Ben’s mother Jade who had signed up for the Big Buddy programme.
Big Buddy is an organisation dedicated to matching young boys with a ‘Big Buddy’ as a positive male influence in their life.
Ian sees his
