Heidi Reader (born 7 September 1971) is a former New Zealand rugby union player.

She made her test debut against Australia on 22 July 1995 at Auckland.

[1] Her last test was in the Black Ferns 86–8 hammering of the United States at Edmonton on 11 September 1996, she scored 21 points in that match.

[2] Reader represented Otago and the Bay of Plenty at provincial level.

[3][4] She was awarded her Black Ferns cap in Auckland on 11 May 2019, together with Hannah Myers and Claire Richardson.