Meredith Helena Marra (born 1974) is a New Zealand academic, and is a full professor of linguistics at Victoria University of Wellington, specialising in sociolinguistics and workplace discourse.
Marra completed a PhD at Victoria University of Wellington in 2003, in which she used critical discourse analysis to examine decision-making language.
[4] Marra then joined the faculty of Massey University, before moving back to Victoria, and rising to full professor in 2020.
[4][1][2] They have found that New Zealanders tend to use chit-chat and humour more than British or American workers, and this can be confusing for new migrants.
[8][4] Marra has co-edited a number of books, including a festschrift for Janet Holmes, with Paul Warren.