Montessa Tairakena (born 12 September 2000) is a New Zealand rugby sevens player.

[2] She attended Hamilton Girls' High School and captained their 1st XV to a national title in September 2018.

[3][4] A month later she was a member of the Youth Olympic Games Sevens team that won gold.

[9] She was named in the Bolt Women's side for the 2020 Red Bull Ignite7s tournament at Blake Park in Mt Maunganui.

[11] Tairakena competed for the Black Ferns Sevens White team at the Takiwhitu Tutūru tournament in Wellington.