Tūwharetoa Pepeha “Kei te tūwhera tonu te awa ki Nukuhau”. Waitapu’s retort to her husband Te Rangiita – which means to me that nothing is impossible if you persist!

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Tibble is a Fellow Chartered Accountant with business and management post graduate qualifications from Massey University and Darden College, University of West Virginia. Past roles include Chief Executive for Ngati Whatua o Orakei Maori Trust Board for fifteen years, from which he retired in 2012.

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Tibble is now a full-time governor and my current boards/projects include

- Geothermal power (Tauhara No 2)

- Tourism (Chair of Taupo Moana Group Holdings)

- Te Wananga o Raukawa, - Marine infrastructure (Te Araroa Kāhui Kupenga Marine Access Facility)

- Whakaata Māori

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Past board roles include Radio NZ, Auckland City Property, Tūwharetoa Māori Trust Board, Ngāti Porou Holdings, Ngai Tai ki Tāmaki Whenua, Rūnanga o Ngāti Raukawa, Eastcliffe Retirement Village, Te Kūpenga fisheries, Pākihiroa Farm.

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Tibble speaks Maori fluently, and is married to Cindy (Ngāti Parewahawaha, Ngāti Mahuta and Ngāti Apakura). They have four children and thirteen mokopuna.