New Zealand netball international
Bernice Papasina Mene MNZM New Zealand netball international . Between 1992 and 2001, Mene made 76 senior appearances forNew Zealand . She represented New Zealand at the1993 World Games , the1998 Commonwealth Games and the1995 and1999 World Netball Championships . She captained New Zealand during 2000 and 2001 seasons. Between1998 and2002 , during theCoca-Cola Cup/National Bank Cup era, she captainedSouthern Sting as they won fourpremierships . In2003 , Mene was appointed a Member of theNew Zealand Order of Merit , for services to netball. In 2022, she was included on a list of the 25 best players to feature innetball leagues in New Zealand since 1998.
[ edit ] Mene is the daughter of Iafeta Sua'Mene andSally Mene . She is ofSamoan descent. Her father, also known as Mene Mene, migrated fromSamoa . Her parents were both athletes and they both representedNew Zealand at the 1974 Commonwealth Games . Her father competed in thedecathlon while her mother competed in both thejavelin anddiscus . She has two brothers who are also athletes.Chris Sua'mene representedSamoa in thediscus at the 1996 Summer Olympics , and Nathan Sua'Mene representedSamoa in thehigh jump at the 1998 Commonwealth Games .[ 3] [ 4] [ 5] [ 6] [ 7] [ 8] Villa Maria College, Christchurch .[ 5] [ 9] [ 10] [ 11] Victoria University of Wellington where she gained a Bachelor of Arts in Linguistics.[ 11] [ 12] [ 13] Dunedin College of Education where she gained a Diploma in Secondary Education and Teaching.[ 11] Dion Nash , a formerNew Zealand cricket international . Together they have three children.[ 14] [ 15] [ 16] [ 17] Demi Moore -style forNew Zealand Woman's Weekly [ 18]
National Provincial Championships [ edit ] In 1992, aged just 16, Mene made her senior debut for Canterbury in the National Provincial Championships. She played for Canterbury between 1992 and 1994, Wellington in 1995 and 1996 and Southland in 2000.[ 5] [ 19]
Between1998 and2002 , Mene played forSouthern Sting in theCoca-Cola Cup/National Bank Cup league.[ 3] [ 20] [ 21] [ 22] [ 23] [ 24] [ 25] [ 26] premierships , winning titles in1999 ,2000 ,2001 and 2002.[ 22] [ 27] [ 28] [ 29] New Zealand .[ 30] [ 31] [ 9] [ 32] [ 33] Donna Wilkins ,Belinda Colling andNatalie Avellino , played for Sting in a charity match against Netball South of theNational Netball League . The match marked Sting's 20th anniversary.[ 34] [ 35] netball leagues in New Zealand since 1998.[ 36] [ 37]
Between 1992 and 2001, Mene made 76 senior appearances forNew Zealand . On 7 November 1992, aged just 17, she made her senior debut againstEngland during an away tour. At the time she was still attendingVilla Maria College . She had previously represented New Zealand at the1992 World Youth Netball Championships .[ 5] [ 9] [ 38] [ 39] 1993 World Games ,[ 40] 1998 Commonwealth Games [ 41] [ 42] [ 43] 1995 and1999 World Netball Championships .[ 44] [ 45] 1996 World Youth Netball Championships .[ 46] Australia andSouth Africa . In February 2002, she announced her retirement from international netball.[ 5] [ 16] [ 38] [ 39]
During the early 2000s, Mene worked as a teacher atMount Albert Grammar School . Her subjects included French, German and English. In 2000 she established the MAGS Netball Academy. Subsequent graduates of the academy have includedMaria Tutaia ,Maia Wilson ,Jamie-Lee Price andErikana Pedersen .[ 5] [ 20] [ 51] [ 52]
In2005 , Mene was a contestant onNew Zealand's Dancing with the Stars [ 53] [ 54] [ 55] Sky Sport (New Zealand) . Together withTania Dalton ,Anna Stanley ,Natalie Avellino andKathryn Harby-Williams , she was part of their commentary team for the2007 and2011 World Netball Championships .[ 56] [ 57] [ 58] [ 59] [ 60] [ 61]
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Constitutional Advisory Panel [ edit ] Between2011 and2013 , Mene served on theNew Zealand Constitutional Advisory Panel .[ 11] [ 63] [ 64] [ 65]
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Retrieved21 October 2023 . ^a b c "Netball: Champion Mene set for the final blast" . www.nzherald.co.nz. 8 June 2002. Retrieved21 October 2023 .^ "Villa Maria College netball team" . discoverywall.nz. 12 June 1991. Retrieved17 October 2023 .^a b c d "Bernice Mene" . nz.linkedin.com. Retrieved17 October 2023 .^ "Victoria welcomes back its high achievers" . stuff.co.nz. 31 January 2009. Retrieved21 October 2023 .^ "Distinguished alumni awards" . www.wgtn.ac.nz. Archived fromthe original on 13 August 2021. Retrieved21 October 2023 .^ "Dion and Bernice – The match of their lives" .The Australian Women's Weekly Angelfire . March 2003. Archived fromthe original on 7 April 2013. Retrieved22 October 2023 .^ "Dion Nash: 'Listen as much as you talk' . stuff.co.nz. 10 September 2014. Retrieved19 June 2018 .^a b c "Sons and daughters of former All Blacks, Black Caps headline squads for inaugural cricket series" . stuff.co.nz. 13 January 2023. Retrieved17 October 2023 .^ "Disappointment and tequila: How sporting power couple Dion Nash and Bernice Mene met" . stuff.co.nz. 5 March 2023. Retrieved17 October 2023 .^ "What the Kiwi gossip mags say" . stuff.co.nz. 23 August 2010. Retrieved22 October 2023 .^ "Young guns a bit hit-and-miss" . www.odt.co.nz. 15 February 2013. Retrieved18 October 2023 .^a b "Netball's Mene benefits" . www.nzherald.co.nz. Retrieved21 October 2023 .^ "Sting History 1998" . www.sting.co.nz. Archived fromthe original on 26 May 2006. Retrieved11 May 2023 .^a b "Sting History 1999" . www.sting.co.nz. Archived fromthe original on 26 May 2006. Retrieved11 May 2023 .^ "Sting History 2000" . www.sting.co.nz. Archived fromthe original on 26 May 2006. Retrieved11 May 2023 .^ "Bernice Mene, Coca-Cola Cup..." www.photosport.nz. 22 May 2000. Retrieved17 October 2023 .^ "Sting History 2001" . www.sting.co.nz. Archived fromthe original on 26 May 2006. Retrieved11 May 2023 .^ "Sting History 2002" . www.sting.co.nz. 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Retrieved18 May 2023 .^ "Former Silver Ferns Bernice Mene and Wendy Frew to assist NNZ's review" . stuff.co.nz. 30 November 2018. Retrieved17 October 2023 .^ " . anzpremiership.co.nz. 1 April 2022. Retrieved23 April 2022 .^ " . www.netballnz.co.nz. 1 April 2022. Archived fromthe original on 24 April 2022. Retrieved24 April 2022 .^a b "Netball: Captain's retirement takes all by surprise" . www.nzherald.co.nz. February 2002. Retrieved17 October 2023 .^a b c "Bernice Mene" . www.silverferns.co.nz. Retrieved7 April 2022 .^a b "Women Netball World Games 1993 The Hague" . www.todor66.com. Retrieved6 May 2020 .^a b "Bernice Mene, New Zealand..." www.photosport.nz. September 1998. Retrieved18 October 2023 .^a b "Bernice Mene, New Zealand..." www.photosport.nz. September 1998. Retrieved18 October 2023 .^a b "Commonwealth Games magic moment: 1998 netball gold medal game" . www.smh.com.au. 15 May 2017. Retrieved11 August 2025 .^a b c "Vitality Netball World Cup Liverpool 2019 Media Guide" (PDF) . www.silverferns.co.nz. 19 July 2019. Archived fromthe original (PDF) on 9 February 2020. Retrieved17 September 2023 .^a b c Brendon Egan (21 July 2019)."Tears, triumphs, and tribulations: How the Silver Ferns have fared at Netball World Cup" . stuff.co.nz. Retrieved17 September 2023 .^a b "NZ Under 21 Flashback - Bernice Mene" . www.youtube.com. 1 September 2013. Retrieved17 October 2023 .^ "Women Netball IX World Championship 1995 Birmingham" . www.todor66.com. Retrieved26 February 2020 .^ "Women Netball X World Championship 1999 Christchurch" . www.todor66.com. Retrieved26 February 2020 .^ "Bernice Mene, New Zealand..." www.photosport.nz. September 1999. Retrieved17 October 2023 .^ "Bernice Mene, New Zealand..." www.photosport.nz. 2 October 1999. Retrieved17 October 2023 .^ "Bernice Mene shines at Breakfast" . www.mags.school.nz. 21 June 2018. Retrieved17 October 2023 .^ "Netball Academy" . www.mags.school.nz. Retrieved17 October 2023 .^a b "No barriers for Bernice as she shines on the dance floor" . www.nzherald.co.nz. 22 May 2005. Retrieved18 October 2023 .^a b "Far cry from the foxtrot for Bernice" . www.nzherald.co.nz. 25 May 2005. Retrieved18 October 2023 .^a b "Dancing With the Stars NZ: The five biggest elimination shocks from previous seasons" . stuff.co.nz. 18 June 2018. Retrieved18 October 2023 .^ "Bernice Mene, World Cup netball commentary from Sky television" . www.photosport.nz. 26 September 2007. Retrieved23 October 2023 .^ "Bernice Mene, World Cup netball commentary from Sky television" . www.photosport.nz. 26 September 2007. Retrieved23 October 2023 .^ "Jenny Woods, Bernice Mene, World Cup netball commentary from Sky television" . www.photosport.nz. 26 September 2007. Retrieved23 October 2023 .^ "Bernice Mene, Tania Dalton, Anna Stanley, Kath Harby-Williams" . www.photosport.nz. 26 September 2007. Retrieved23 October 2023 .^ "Q&A: Netball star Bernice Mene" . stuff.co.nz. 5 July 2011. Retrieved17 October 2023 .^ "Bernice Mene Presenter Profile" . johnsonlaird.com. Retrieved17 October 2023 .^ "Bernice Mene IMDB" . www.imdb.com. Retrieved17 October 2023 .^ " . www.nzherald.co.nz. 4 August 2011. Retrieved23 October 2023 .^ "Consideration of Constitutional Issues" . www.parliament.nz. December 2011. Retrieved23 October 2023 .^ "Constitution review panel denies 'hidden agenda' . www.nzherald.co.nz. 26 February 2013. Retrieved23 October 2023 .
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