The 30-year-old New Zealand shooter said it was fun shooting alongside Bailey Mes and Te Paea Selby-Rickit who were adroit in their own rights and brought something different from her into the shooting equation.
"They offer unique styles of goal shoot so it definitely opened up the circle so strategically that changes things for me because I'm always wanting to learn and the way I want to play."
Mes shot 11/14 (79 per cent) and Selby-Rickit 20/24 (83 per cent) after coming off the bench while Helen Housby returned 24/33 (73 per cent).
Tutaia felt the penalty count on New Zealand's defensive end wasn't much to write home about and going for the jugular a bit more on the other end of the court were areas they would like to tweak as teams look at refining their templates for the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games next year.
Starting with a bit more conviction also is something coach Janine Southby and assistant Yvette McCausland-Durie had impressed on the Katrina Grant-captained side.
"England were very sharp and kept going in that first quarter and that kept us going as well but we made a few errors which crept into the game," Tutaia said.
She agreed the final quarter didn't do justice to the prowess of the tourists who had kept them honest in the second (14-13) and third (13-12) quarters before losing their composure in the final roll of the dice (20-15).
England stunned the Kiwis with a 49-45 victory in the Quad Series on August 30 in Auckland and did enough to hush the crowd intermittently in Porirua last night.
"They've got some big-game players and they are probably the most experienced defensive side internationally which is huge for us in the attacking end because knowing any errors you make means there's no getting the ball back so it's making sure we're a lot more clinical than that," she said, singling out goal keep Geva Mentor and captain Ama Agbeze wearing the goal defence bib.
"She's [Mentor] an extremely great player and we know that she's a threat down the other end but, you know, put someone like Serena Guthrie and Sara Bayman in there and that defensive end becomes extremely tough."
However, Tutaia thought Mes and Selby-Rickit did a good job on Mentor and didn't allow the Englishwoman to snaffle as much possession as she normally did in a game.
She lauded Southby and McCausland-Dury having the fortitude to rotate players and instilling confidence in them to express themselves in a relatively untapped environment to weave combinations with the Commonwealth Games in mind.
"They've definitely taking an approach that is positive and fresh and are open to players' suggestions which is a huge plus.
"We're all gunning for that Commonwealth Games so I'd hate to be in their positions with the calibre of players we've got in New Zealand and in the Silver Ferns squad."
