Mere Kingi

Merewaakana (Mere) Kingi (born 8 May 1974) is a former New Zealand rugby union player.

Rugby career Kingi played five tests for New Zealand. In 2003, she was selected in the Black Ferns team to play a two-test series against a World XVs side. She made her international debut on 4 October against the World XV at Auckland. She scored two tries in the second game to help her side win 38–19.

She was part of the Black Ferns side that won the 2004 Churchill Cup that was held in Canada.

Kingi was named in the Black Ferns wider training group in 2005 as they prepared for the 2006 Rugby World Cup in Canada. She played Sevens for the New Zealand Maori sevens team in 2002 and for the Auckland Sevens team between 1998 and 2002.

Professional career Kingi is a chartered accountant, she was a senior manager at the Bank of New Zealand and also worked for Morgan Stanley, the Royal Bank of Scotland and Barclays.

She was the acting group chief financial officer for Ngāti Awa Group Holdings, and has also served as a director for private and risk advisory with accounting firm Deloitte.