Meredith Orr

Meredith Dawn Orr (born May 2, 1978 in Whakatane) is a field hockey midfielder from New Zealand, who represented her native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. There she finished in sixth place with the Women's National Team. Orr made her international senior debut for the Black Sticks in 2001 against Korea in Wellington.

Orr attended Diocesan School for Girls in Auckland and then attended Massey University to complete her business degree.

In 2006 Orr ruptured her ACL but returned to hockey seven months later to Captain the Canterbury Cats hockey team in the New Zealand Hockey League.

In a continual effort to keep developing her game, Orr played for the NSW Arrows team in the 2007 Australian Hockey League.

Meredith has 105 caps for New Zealand. She was in the Black Sticks side which won the Oceania Cup in Queensland, Australia in September 2007 beating Australia in the final. The win means that the Black Sticks have qualified for the Beijing Olympics. She has been selected for the squad from which the team to represent New Zealand at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing will be chosen.