Bernice Mene

Bernice Papasina Mene, born on 18 January 1975, is a former New Zealand netball international of Samoan descent who made 76 senior appearances for New Zealand between 1992 and 2001. She made her debut at the age of 17, first captained the side in 1997 aged 22 and captained it again in 2000 and 2001, including the Tri Nations Series win in 2001. She represented New Zealand at the 1993 World Games, the 1998 Commonwealth Games and the 1995 and 1999 World Netball Championships. In the national league she captained Southern Sting to four premierships between 1999 and 2002 and was one of the first professional netball players in New Zealand. She was made a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit in 2003, later worked as a teacher, television contestant and netball commentator, and served on the Constitutional Advisory Panel from 2011 to 2013.