Cathrine Tuivaiti (née Latu; born 25 October 1986) is a netball international who has played for Samoa, New Zealand and Tonga.
She subsequently played for Central Pulse, Adelaide Thunderbirds, Strathclyde Sirens and Severn Stars.
[9] Between 2005 and 2007, Latu made 21 senior appearances for Northern Force in the National Bank Cup league.
[2][17][18][19][20] She was a member of the Force team that played in the 2007 grand final, which they lost to Southern Sting.
[26][27] Ahead of the 2009 season, Latu was given special dispensation by the league to play for Mystics due to complications resulting from her decision to switch her international allegiances from Samoa to New Zealand.
[28][29] Latu was a member of the 2011 Northern Mystics team that finished as grand finalists in the ANZ Championship.
[39][40][41][42][43] She was subsequently a prominent member of the 2017 Central Pulse team that finished as grand finalists in the ANZ Premiership and as semi-finalists in the Netball New Zealand Super Club tournament.
[49][50][51] Ahead of the 2018 Suncorp Super Netball season, Tuivaiti signed for Adelaide Thunderbirds.
[50][52] However in her final match for Central Pulse, during the Super Club tournament, she suffered an ACL injury.
[53][54][55] In June 2018, after eleven months of rehabilitation, Tuivaiti played four games for Southern Force, the Thunderbirds reserve team, in the Australian Netball League.
[11][56] On 8 July, she eventually made her senior debut for Thunderbirds in a Round 10 match against Collingwood Magpies.
[71][72][73] However, Wasps parent company subsequently went into administration, leaving the coaches and players, including Tuivaiti, without a job.
[16] In 2023, after answering a call from their head coach, her former Mystics team mate Temepara Bailey, Tuivaiti played for Gold Coast Titans in the Sapphire Series.
[91][92][93][94] On 3 October 2011, Latu eventually made her senior debut for New Zealand against England during the 2011 Taini Jamison Trophy Series.
[95][96][97][98][99] She was a member of the New Zealand teams that won the 2012 Constellation Cup[100] and the 2013 Fast5 Netball World Series.