Bernice Mene

Bernice Papasina Mene MNZM (born 18 January 1975) is a former New Zealand netball international.

Between 1998 and 2002, during the Coca-Cola Cup/National Bank Cup era, she captained Southern Sting as they won four premierships.

[14][15][16][17] In 2010 Mene posed topless while heavily pregnant, Demi Moore-style for New Zealand Woman's Weekly.

[18] In 1992, aged just 16, Mene made her senior debut for Canterbury in the National Provincial Championships.

[5][19] Between 1998 and 2002, Mene played for Southern Sting in the Coca-Cola Cup/National Bank Cup league.

During her playing career Mene, regularly suffered with a degenerative knee condition.

In 2001 she captained New Zealand as they won a Tri Nations Series that also featured Australia and South Africa.

[5][16][38][39] During the early 2000s, Mene worked as a teacher at Mount Albert Grammar School.

Subsequent graduates of the academy have included Maria Tutaia, Maia Wilson, Jamie-Lee Price and Erikana Pedersen.

Together with Tania Dalton, Anna Stanley, Natalie Avellino and Kathryn Harby-Williams, she was part of their commentary team for the 2007 and 2011 World Netball Championships.