Sounds like you have a great kid kiwi! Head screwed on straight and sure of himself. He sounds like someone I would have hung out with on a regular basis, if not have been good friends with.
I have to mention my sister. Unlike me, see’s a very social person, and had lots of friends in school and went out a lot to gatherings and the like. But like me, she was always nice to everyone. She’s the type of person that a total stranger on the street would automatically feel inclined to talk to.
She had it harder in school though, because she was more well-known in a “popular” sense. More than a few other girls were jealous of her, and didn’t hesitate to badmouth her and make up rumours. Fortunately, she knew who her true friends were, and most people knew who the troublemakers were.
Anyhoo…