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Doreen is the Admissions Co-ordinator in the Student Services Department, based at the Auckland campus. She also teaches Pacific Theology and Missions, provides research supervision for the School of Theology, and serves as a Distance Learning Tutor. Across these roles, Doreen has the privilege of walking alongside students throughout their academic journey, delighting in watching them grow in confidence, sharpen their academic skills, and deepen their understanding of who God is and how faith shapes the world around them. She also chairs the Laidlaw Komiti Pasifika and mentors its student leaders, supporting the College’s Pasifika community.
Born in the Kiribati Islands of Tokelauan and Tuvaluan descent and raised in West Auckland, Doreen completed her BMin and MTh at Laidlaw — her dissertation exploring the London Missionary Society’s legacy in the South Pacific. She is now pursuing doctoral research into an indigenous eco-theological response to climate change.
Doreen calls West Auckland home and attends St Giles Presbyterian Church in Te Atatu South, where she serves as a Session Elder, worship drummer and Kids’ Ministry co-ordinator, and is a delegate for the Presbyterian Women of Aotearoa New Zealand to the UN Commission for the Status of Women.
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