Meli Nakauta (born 13 October 1971) is a Fijian former rugby union international who represented Fiji in nine Test matches during the late 1990s.
Nakauta played much of his rugby in Sydney and won a Shute Shield title with Manly in 1997, earning Man of the Match honours in the grand final.
He also appeared for Parramatta, Drummoyne, Gordon and Warringah during his career.
[1] A centre, Nakauta debuted for Fiji in 1998 and was a member of the side at the 1999 Rugby World Cup.
He scored a last-minute consolation try in Fiji's World Cup quarter-final play-off loss to England at Twickenham.