Pita Faiva-ki-moana Alatini (born 11 April 1976 in Nukuʻalofa) is a Tongan-born New Zealand rugby union footballer. Alatini is a midfield back who played in 17 tests for the All Blacks between 1999 and 2001, scoring 6 test tries.

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Pita Alatini

Birth name	Pita Faiva-ki-moana Alatini
Date of birth	(1976-04-11) 11 April 1976 (age 48)
Place of birth	Nukuʻalofa, Tonga
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	90 kg (14 st 2 lb; 198 lb)
School	King's College
University	University of Otago
Notable relative(s)	Anthony Alatini Sam Alatini (brothers)
Spouse	Megan Cassie
Children	Tonica (daughter) Tiara (daughter) Trey (son)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Centre Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 1995–1996 1997–1998 1999–2001 2002–2003 2004–2006 2006–2013 Counties Manukau Southland Otago Wellington Suntory Sungoliath Kamaishi Seawaves 30 21 16 14 21 (20) (10) (42) Super Rugby Years Team Apps (Points) 1996 1997 1998–2001 2002–2003 Crusaders Chiefs Highlanders Hurricanes 5 3 48 16 () International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1995 1999–2001  Tonga  New Zealand 1 17 (0) (30) Coaching career Years Team 2013– Pakuranga United

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Alatini played 81 NPC matches for four different provinces (Counties-Manukau, Southland, Otago, and Wellington), and 72 Super 12 matches for four different franchises (Crusaders, Chiefs, Highlanders, and Hurricanes).^[1] He has also played professionally in Japan for Suntory Sungoliath and Kamaishi Seawaves.

Alatini is married to pop singer and actress Megan Alatini. His brothers Tevita, Anthony and Sam Alatini have played for the Tonga national rugby union team.

Alatini moved to Auckland from Tonga as a child. He attended King's College, and played for the national secondary school side in 1993-94 and the national under-19 team in 1995. He played 30 matches for the Counties-Manukau NPC team in 1995–96, and five matches for the Crusaders in the Super 12 in 1996. He represented the New Zealand Colts and played three Super 12 matches for the Chiefs in 1997.^[1]

In 1997–98, Alatini played for Southland in the NPC, and began to specialise as a midfielder (up until then, he had often played as a fullback). Alatini played for the Highlanders in the Super 12 from 1998 to 2001, and it was during this time that he became a regular selection for the All Blacks.^[1]

In 2002 and 2003, Alatini played for the Hurricanes in the Super 12 and Wellington in the NPC. By this time, he had fallen out of favor with the All Black selectors,^[1] and in 2004 he moved to Japan to play for Suntory Sungoliath.^[2] In 2006, he left Suntory to play for Kamaishi Seawaves.^[3]

In 2013, Pita started a new role as Director of Rugby at Pakuranga United Rugby Club in Auckland's eastern suburbs. In his first year of coaching the premier side, he led Pakuranga United to their first Gallaher Shield victory in the club's 48-year history.

In 2020 Alatini revealed on the docu-series Match Fit that he developed binge drinking problems shortly after being dropped from the All Blacks by Mitchell, but had recovered by 2020.^[12] He had the lowest metabolic age in season one of Match Fit, at 29 years old as a 44-year-old, and becoming the only graduates of the program with Troy Flavell. He returned in season 2 of Match Fit in 2021, but as emergency backup squad.^[13] On the first tackle rugby scrimmage against East Coast, he dislocated his shoulder after scoring a try in the second half.^[14]

Pita married Megan Alatini in 2000, they met in 1994. He has three children: Two daughters, Tonica, born 13 May 1995 and Tiara born 2002, and one son, Trey, born 2005.