Te Amo Amaru-Tibble (born 11 May 1989) is a New Zealand netball player who has had three spells playing for

Central Pulse Central Pulse are a New Zealand netball team based in Wellington. Between 2008 and 2016, they played in the ANZ Championship. Since 2017 they have represented Netball Central in the ANZ Premiership. Netball Central is the governing body that r ...

. She first played for Pulse between 2009 and 2011, during the

ANZ Championship The ANZ Championship, also known as the Trans-Tasman Netball League, is a former netball league featuring teams from both Australia and New Zealand. Between 2008 and 2016, it was the top-level league in both countries. The competition was owned ...

era. In

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and

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, she had a second spell. In

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, Amaru-Tibble returned to Pulse for a third time.

Early life, family and education

Amaru-Tibble is a

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with

Ngāti Porou Ngāti Porou is a Māori iwi traditionally located in the East Cape and Gisborne regions of the North Island of New Zealand. Ngāti Porou is affiliated with the 28th Maori Battalion and has the second-largest affiliation of any iwi in New Zeala ...

affiliations. She was born in

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. She is a distant cousin of Aliyah Dunn. They had never met before becoming 2021 Central Pulse teammates. However, they found out they are related through Dunn's

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-based grandmother, who was originally a Tibble with Ngāti Porou family connections. Amaru-Tibble was educated at Newlands College, Tū Toa and Victoria University. In her youth, she originally played

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and her coaches included

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. While attending Newlands College, she represented the

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at under-16, under-18 and under-19 (Junior Tall Ferns) levels. Amaru-Tibble is a school teacher and the mother of two daughters, Mereana (born c.2012) and Ngawhata (born c.2014).

Playing career

Tū Toa

In 2009, Amaru-Tibble switched from Newlands College to Tū Toa and began to focus on netball. She was coached by Yvette McCausland-Durie and played for Tū Toa in both schoolgirl and Netball Manawatu competitions. She would also play for the Tū Toa old girls team, Manukura Black in Netball Manawatu competitions.

P.I.C.

Since 2009, Amaru-Tibble has also regularly played for P.I.C. Netball Club in Netball Wellington competitions. Before her third spell with Pulse, she played with P.I.C. for three seasons.

Central Pulse

Amaru-Tibble has had three spells playing for

. ;2009–2011 Amaru-Tibble first played for

between 2009 and 2011 during the

era. Pulse head coach Kate Carpenter invited Amaru-Tibble to be a training partner and than included her in the squad. After Carpenter was replaced by Yvette McCausland-Durie, Amaru-Tibble was retained. She was subsequently a member of the Pulse team that, after 24 games, eventually won their first ever match when they defeated

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53–52 in a 2009 Round 13 match at the

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. Partnering

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, Amaru-Tibble scored 18 from 21. ;2016–2017 In

and

, Amaru-Tibble had a second spell playing for

. She was initially included in the

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squad for the inaugural 2016 National Netball League season. However, she was subsequently elevated to the 2016 Pulse team to replace an injured

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. She retained her place for the

season. ;2021 Ahead of the

season, Amaru-Tibble was included in the 2021 Central Pulse squad, initially as a replacement for the departed

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, providing cover for Ameliaranne Ekenasio and Aliyah Dunn. However, when Ekenasio announced she was pregnant and would miss the rest of the season, Amaru-Tibble found herself promoted to first-choice goal attack.

Wellington NPC

Amaru-Tibble has represented Wellington in the National Provincial Championships. Together with

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, Claire Kersten,

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, Elias Shadrock, Whitney Souness and

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, she was a member of the Wellington NPC team that defeated North Harbour 59–38 to win the 2015 title.

New Zealand

In 2008 Amaru-Tibble was included in New Zealand U21 squads.

Statistics

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Honours

;Wellington NPC *National Provincial Championships **''Winners'': 2015 ;

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**''Runners up'':

References

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