For more than 30 years, Nikki Palamountain has helped bright, capable learners who struggled in ways traditional teaching couldn't solve.
Throughout her classroom career, she watched students work incredibly hard yet still find reading, writing, maths, or attention overwhelming. Back then, she didn’t have the language for dyslexia, ADHD, or learning differences, she just knew these learners needed a different approach.
That insight led her to become a trained Davis® Facilitator and create Dyslexia Unpuzzled, where she now helps children, teens, adults, and families understand how their brain learns best and what practical tools actually make a difference.
Davis® Programmes Offered:
Davis® Dyslexia Mastery
Building reading fluency, writing confidence, and spelling accuracy through understanding rather than memorisation.
Davis® Maths Mastery
Strengthening numeracy foundations by clearing confusion around symbols, processes, and core concepts.
Davis® Attention Mastery
Supporting focus, emotional regulation, time awareness, and practical strategies that work with the brain’s natural rhythm.
Supporting Adults with Unidentified Learning Differences
Nikki also works with adults navigating challenges that were never recognised at school: dyslexia, dyscalculia, ADHD traits, and processing differences that influence everyday life.
She helps adults make sense of communication struggles, overwhelm, procrastination, attention shifts, and workplace pressure, teaching simple tools that reduce stress and create lasting clarity.
What Clients Experience
Parents, teachers, and adult clients often say the same thing: “I finally understand what’s been happening.”
That moment when frustration lifts, confidence returns, and learning feels possible again, is the part of the work Nikki values most.
Warm, practical, and deeply experienced, Nikki brings together decades of teaching expertise, specialist Davis® training, and an unwavering belief that every learner deserves to feel capable, calm, and understood.
Book a free initial conversation
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nikki@dyslexiaunpuzzled.co.nz
📞 +64 27 249 5074
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Licensed since: May 31, 2022
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Travel: I only work at my own premises
Online services: I only coach in person
We have been super impressed with Nikki and her sessions with our daughter. Her self-confidence around learning and especially writing has grown immensely since she has done her new learning. She is now excited about learning new words and using them effectively. This has filtered into other areas of her school work and she is now more willing to give new things a go.
Both my husband and I benefited from our session too, we now feel confident to support our girl with her tools for learning.
Highly recommend the Davis Dyslexia technique and Nikki is fantastic, friendly and welcoming.
We booked on son Sam in with Nikki for a 1 week program and found her fantastic to work with. Nikki is incredibly talented and definitely an expert in her field! We are already seeing the results in the change in Sam's focus, writing and attention to detail with his learning via the tools and learnings that Nikki has provided. Highly recommend to all those looking for a Dylexia expert to guide them on their journey.
My son Aiden (11) completed the program in March, we have already seen his reading improve & word confidence grow. Nikki has been fantastic, providing support & regularly checking up on him making sure he is comfortable using his strategies & tools. I highly recommend this program and Nikki.
Whitest it is early days yet, our son is gaining confidence in learning his letters and beginning to learn to read, and is now willing to try reading. But more importantly we now have a direction to be able to help him at home and with consistent effort he will get there.
Not all heros wear capes..
Nikki has been a hero for our family...my son now has some tools and his school has some new strategies that work..
My son is progressing in his learning now and we are feeling hopeful that my son will be able to one day enjoy reading..💙..
Davis works for some kids.. the program has helped my son to start to make progress with his reading and writing...
He's made.more progress in three months then the last five years at school.. Nikki has been dedicated and kind.. following up with progress visits to help his teachers and teacher aide help him learn better.
Thank you Nikki for giving me hope and I direction to go in the help my son.
