Papahuia Dickson is an Independent Contractor, who specialises in providing administrative support. She is currently coordinating the dissemination activities for the research project ‘He Oranga Ngākau’, which is overseen by Professor Leonie Pihama.

Papahuia previously worked for the University of Waikato for 7 years, in various administrative roles within Te Kotahi Research Institute, and was Operations Manager from 2016 -2020. 

In her role as Operations Manager she provided leadership and high level, administration support in the operational management of the Institute. She also provided oversight of administration processes, internal and external project management, and the development of strong PR and communications processes, and managing associated events and activities.