Merewai Turukawa (1938–2018) was a Fijian athlete who won the first-ever gold medal at the South Pacific Games.

Merewai Turukawa Vesikula was born 23 June 1938 in the village of Voua, near Sigatoka in the Nadroga-Navosa Province in the south-west of Viti Levu, the largest island of Fiji.

Her first opportunity to compete internationally came in the 1963 South Pacific Games, which were held in Fiji's capital, Suva.

She also competed in the 1966 South Pacific Games, held in Noumea, New Caledonia, but was suffering from a knee injury and only managed a silver medal, in the discus.

She was still competing in 1994, taking part in the Oceania Veterans Athletics Championships and winning a gold in the shot put and a silver in the javelin competition.