Mere Roberts
{{Short description|New Zealand researcher, environment and indigenous knowledge}}
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| alma_mater = University of Canterbury, University of Auckland
| thesis1_title = Periodicities in Calliphora stygia (Diptera: Calliphoridae)
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| thesis2_title = The ecological parasitology of the Polynesian rat (Rattus exulans) on Tiritiri Matangi Island
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Roma Mere Roberts {{post-nominals|country=NZL|ONZM}} is a New Zealand biologist who is interested in cross-cultural understanding and the interface between mātauranga Māori and other knowledge systems. In 2003 Roberts was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to Māori and science.
Academic career
Roberts describes herself as of Pākehā and Māori descent, and affiliates to Tainui, Ngāti Apakura, Ngāti Hikairo, and Ngāti Korokī Kahukura iwi.
Roberts was educated at St Cuthbert's College in Auckland.{{Cite web |title=Old Girls' Honours – St Cuthbert's Old Girls Association |url=https://oldgirls.stcuthberts.school.nz/old-girls-honours/ |access-date=2024-12-27 |language=en-NZ}} She completed a Bachelor of Science degree at the University of Canterbury. She then moved to the University of Auckland, where she completed a Masters degree on Calliphora flies followed by a PhD, studying rats on Tiritiri Matangi Island.{{Cite thesis|title=Periodicities in Calliphora stygia (Diptera: Calliphoridae)|last=Roberts|first=Roma Mere|type=Master's thesis|publisher=ResearchSpace@Auckland, University of Auckland|url=https://hdl.handle.net/2292/2969|date=1977|hdl=2292/2969 }}{{Cite thesis|title=The ecological parasitology of the Polynesian rat (Rattus exulans) on Tiritiri Matangi Island|last=Roberts|first=Mere|type=PhD thesis|publisher=ResearchSpace@Auckland, University of Auckland|url=https://hdl.handle.net/2292/1902|date=1990|hdl=2292/1902 }}
Roberts was Head of Science at Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi, and then honorary research fellow in anthropology at the University of Auckland.{{Cite web |date=2023-02-04 |title=Mere Roberts {{!}} Te Hononga Pūkenga |url=http://www.tehonongapukenga.ac.nz/user/116 |access-date=2024-12-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230204142908/http://www.tehonongapukenga.ac.nz/user/116 |archive-date=4 February 2023 }} She has worked on cross-cultural understanding and the interface between mātauranga Māori and other knowledge systems, including Māori views on biotechnology.
Roberts was a board member of the Institute of Environmental Science and Research and Forest Research (now Scion).{{Cite web |last=Health |first=Full Circle: Māori and Pacific Genetics of |date=2014-11-18 |title=Research Steering Group |url=https://www.otago.ac.nz/full-circle/staff |access-date=2024-12-27 |website=www.otago.ac.nz |language=en}} She was a member of the Māori advisory committee to the Environmental Risk Management Authority.{{Cite web |title=Mere Roberts – eDNA Conference |url=https://ednaconference.com.au/speaker/mere-roberts |access-date=2024-12-27 |language=en-AU}} Roberts was previously a member of the Ministerial Advisory Committee on Biosecurity and the UNESCO (NZ) science subcommittee. She is a member of the steering group for the University of Otago research theme Full Circle: Māori And Pacific Genetics Of Health.
Roberts is a member of the organisation New Zealand Christians in Science.{{Cite web |last=Nicola |date=2023-09-05 |title=Dr Roma Mere Roberts - New Zealand Christians In Science (NZCIS) |url=https://www.nzcis.org/who-we-are/dr-roma-mere-roberts/ |access-date=2024-12-27 |website=www.nzcis.org |language=en-US}}
Honours and awards
In the 2003 Queen's Birthday Honours Roberts was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to Māori and science.{{Cite web |date=2024-12-26 |title=Queen's Birthday Honours - part 1 |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/queens-birthday-honours-part-1/WOCH4E27ZPFH225D7BY2KMXMZU/ |access-date=2024-12-27 |website=NZ Herald |language=en-NZ}} She was awarded St Cuthbert's Old Girl Honours in 2006.
Selected works
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- {{CiteQ|Q55841981}}
- {{CiteQ|Q34564644}}
- {{CiteQ|Q112601566}}
- {{CiteQ|Q131566533}}
- {{CiteQ|Q131566528}}
- {{CiteQ|Q112118821}}
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Category:New Zealand academics
Category:New Zealand women academics
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Category:University of Auckland alumni
Category:University of Canterbury alumni
Category:Officers of the New Zealand Order of Merit
Category:Academic staff of Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi
Category:People educated at St Cuthbert's College, Auckland
Category:New Zealand Māori women academics