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New Zealand rugby union player

Rugby player
Mere Kingi
Date of birth (1974-05-08) 8 May 1974 (age 50)
Place of birthTe Teko, New Zealand
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight60 kg (132 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Wing
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
1998–? College Rifles (0)
Provincial / State sides
Years Team Apps (Points)
1998–2007 Auckland (0)
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2003–2004  New Zealand 5 (10)

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. She was also part of the New Zealand Touch Rugby team from 1996 to 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 elected as an independent member to the New Zealand Maori Rugby Board in 2017.

In 2022, she joined the ASB Bank board as an observer under the Institute of Directors’ Future Director programme. In September 2022, she was appointed as the deputy chief executive finance and support services for the Māori Health Authority.

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.

References

  1. ^ "Ngarimu Blair and Mere Kingi appointed to New Zealand Maori Rugby Board". Ngāti Porou East Coast. 28 April 2017. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
  2. ^ "Ngarimu Blair and Mere Kingi appointed to New Zealand Maori Rugby Board". www.rugby15.co.za. 28 April 2017. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
  3. "Rugby: Six new caps named in Black Ferns". NZ Herald. 30 September 2003. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
  4. "Black Ferns vs World XV – Game 1". stats.allblacks.com. 4 October 2003. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
  5. "Black Ferns vs World XV – Game 2". stats.allblacks.com. 11 October 2003. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
  6. "Rugby: Six new caps in Black Ferns". NZ Herald. 25 May 2004. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
  7. "WOMEN'S RUGBY: HB Black Ferns in World Cup squad". NZ Herald. 2 November 2005. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
  8. ^ Gifford, Adam (11 April 2022). "ASB banks on Kingi for future perspective". Waatea News: Māori Radio Station. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
  9. LaHatte, Deborah (8 September 2022). "Te Aka Whai Ora appoints Merewaakana Kingi deputy chief executive". Te Ao Māori News. Retrieved 7 July 2024.

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