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Newsreader makes history as she becomes the first person with a traditional lower chin tattoo to anchor primetime news bulletin - as she hopes other Maori women follow in her footsteps
PUBLISHED: 21:11 EST, 27 December 2021 | UPDATED: 00:35 EST, 28 December 2021
A Kiwi newsreader has made history by becoming the first person to anchor a TV news bulletin with a face tattoo.
Oriini Kaipara, 37, who has a moko kauae, a traditional lower chin tattoo worn by Māori women, read Newshub Live's 6pm news bulletin on Monday.
The mother-of-four from Auckland said the moment fulfilled a lifelong dream and hoped she was the first in a long line of Maori women reading the news with traditional tattoos.
'It's really exciting. I'm really enjoying it. I'm not speechless, but it's a buzz. I am proud of how far I've come in being able to anchor 6pm right now,' she told Stuff.
Oriini Kaipara is first news anchor with traditional face tattoo
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Oriini Kaipara, 37, who has a moko kauae, a traditional lower chin tattoo worn by Māori women, read Newshub Live's 6pm news bulletin on Monday
Newsreader with a traditional Maori face tattoo makes history by reading New Zealand's 6pm news | Daily Mail Online
- Oriini Kaipara, 37, became the first journalist to read the news with a face tattoo
- Kaipara has a moko kauae, a traditional lower chin tattoo worn by Māori women
- The Auckland mother-of-four read Newshub's 6pm news bulletin Monday
- Kaipara's achievement signified an accomplishment on behalf of her culture
- She got the tattoo after a DNA test in 2017 revealed she is uniquely 100% Māori
PUBLISHED: 21:11 EST, 27 December 2021 | UPDATED: 00:35 EST, 28 December 2021
A Kiwi newsreader has made history by becoming the first person to anchor a TV news bulletin with a face tattoo.
Oriini Kaipara, 37, who has a moko kauae, a traditional lower chin tattoo worn by Māori women, read Newshub Live's 6pm news bulletin on Monday.
The mother-of-four from Auckland said the moment fulfilled a lifelong dream and hoped she was the first in a long line of Maori women reading the news with traditional tattoos.
'It's really exciting. I'm really enjoying it. I'm not speechless, but it's a buzz. I am proud of how far I've come in being able to anchor 6pm right now,' she told Stuff.
Oriini Kaipara is first news anchor with traditional face tattoo
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Oriini Kaipara, 37, who has a moko kauae, a traditional lower chin tattoo worn by Māori women, read Newshub Live's 6pm news bulletin on Monday
Newsreader with a traditional Maori face tattoo makes history by reading New Zealand's 6pm news | Daily Mail Online
she look like she got a nice booty on her
That bytch looks stupid…
