Megan Bronwinne Alatini (née Cassie, born 29 September 1976) is a South African-born, New Zealand pop singer, actress and television personality.
[1] Alatini was born in George, Cape Province, South Africa, as the first child of Barbara and Daniel Cassie.
She enrolled in Papatoetoe High School in Auckland, becoming a prefect and being considered a good student and role model.
At age 17 she met Pita Alatini, a future New Zealand All Black rugby player, and began dating him.
On 12 May 2006, it was announced that Alatini had accepted the offer of becoming a judge on the panel of the forthcoming third season of New Zealand Idol.
In March 2011, Megan and her family were affected by the Japanese 9.0 magnitude earthquake and tsunami where they were evacuated from their home.