Oriini Kaipara

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Oriini Kaipara
Born1983 (age 38–39)
Whakatāne, New Zealand
OccupationJournalist
Children4

Oriini Kaipara (born 1983) is a New Zealand broadcaster, journalist and translator and interpreter of te reo Māori. In 2019 she was the first person with a moko kauae tā moko (tattoo) to present mainstream television news.[1][2] In 2021 she became the first such person to host a primetime news program on national television.[3]

Biography[]

Kaipara was born in Whakatāne in 1983. Her iwi are Tūhoe, Ngāti Awa, Tūwharetoa and Ngāti Rangitihi. She attended Kura Kaupapa Māori, and trained at South Seas Film and Television School in 2002.[4] Kaipara has worked for TVNZ 1, Māori Television and Mai FM.[1] In May 2021 she moved to Three and began presenting news on the programme Newshub Live at 4.30pm.[5]

In 2017, the Māori Television programme Native Affairs revealed she has essentially pure Māori DNA, despite having some Pākehā ancestry.[6][7] She received her moko kauae in January 2019.[8]

Recognition[]

In 2008, Kaipara won the best female television presenter award at the Māori Media Awards.[9] In 2018, Kaipara won the Voyager award for Best Māori Affairs Reporter for her work on Native Affairs for Māori Television.[10]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Oriini Kaipara first with moko kauae to read major news bulletin". Stuff. 28 November 2019. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
  2. ^ "TVNZ's Oriini Kaipara first with moko tattoo to present mainstream news". The New Zealand Herald. 28 November 2019. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
  3. ^ Ravindran, Jeevan (2021). "Māori journalist becomes first person with facial markings to present primetime news". CNN.
  4. ^ "'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.
  5. ^ "Ground-breaking Māori presenter Oriini Kaipara heads to Three with Newshub role". Stuff. 23 May 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  6. ^ "Oriini Kaipara responds to public reaction". Māori Television. 12 April 2017. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
  7. ^ "Native Affairs newsreader Oriini Kaipara identified as 'full-blooded Maori' via DNA test". The New Zealand Herald. 8 January 2018. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
  8. ^ CNN, Jeevan Ravindran. "Māori journalist becomes first person with facial markings to present primetime news". CNN. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  9. ^ "Kōkiri 8 – Profiling Oriini Kaipara". www.tpk.govt.nz. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  10. ^ "Oriini Kaipara says best reporting win was a team effortn". Māori Television. 12 May 2018. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
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