Mere Berryman


Mere Anne Berryman is a New Zealand kaupapa Māori academic. She is Māori, of Ngāi Tūhoe, Ngāti Awa, and Ngāti Whare descent and as of 2019 is a full professor at the University of Waikato.

Academic career

After a 2008 PhD titled 'Repositioning within indigenous discourses of transformation and self-determination' at the University of Waikato, Berryman moved to the University of Waikato, rising to full professor.
In the 2016 New Year Honours, Berryman was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to Māori and education.
In 2017, Berryman was a finalist in the New Zealander of the Year

Selected works