Oriini Kaipara
Oriini Kaipara | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1983 Whakatāne, New Zealand |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Children | 4 |
Oriini Kaipara (Tūhoe, Ngāti Awa, Tūwharetoa and Ngāti Rangitihi) is a New Zealand broadcaster, journalist and translator and interpreter of te reo Māori. In 2019 she was the first person to present mainstream television news with a moko kauae tā moko (tattoo).[1][2]
Biography
Kaipara was born in Whakatāne, in 1983. She attended Kura Kaupapa Māori, and trained at South Seas Film and Television School in 2002.[3] In 2017, the Māori Television programme Native Affairs revealed she has essentially pure Māori DNA, despite having some Pākehā ancestry.[4][5]
Career
Kaipara is a presenter on the TVNZ 1 programme 1 News at Midday and the news and current affairs show Te Karere, and has previously worked for Māori Television and Mai FM.[1] In 2018, she won the Voyager Best Māori Affairs Reporter for her work on Native Affairs.[6]
See also
References
- ^ a b "Oriini Kaipara first with moko kauae to read major news bulletin". Stuff. 28 November 2019. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
- ^ "TVNZ's Oriini Kaipara first with moko tattoo to present mainstream news". NZ Herald. 28 November 2019. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
- ^ "'It's for all of us': How news presenter Oriini Kaipara is making history with her moko kauae". Woman's Day. 31 December 2019. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
- ^ "Oriini Kaipara responds to public reaction". Māori Television. 12 April 2017. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
- ^ "Native Affairs newsreader Oriini Kaipara identified as 'full-blooded Maori' via DNA test". NZ Herald. 8 January 2018. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
- ^ "Oriini Kaipara says best reporting win was a team effortn". Māori Television. 12 May 2018. Retrieved 23 May 2020.