Oriini Kaipara
Oriini Kaipara | |
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Kaipara in 2022 | |
| Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Tāmaki Makaurau | |
| Assumed office 6 September 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Takutai Tarsh Kemp |
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| Born | 1983 (age 42–43) Whakatāne, New Zealand |
| Party | Te Pāti Māori |
| Children | 4 |
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Oriini Ngawai Kaipara (born 1983) is a New Zealand politician, broadcaster, journalist and translator and interpreter of Māori and English. She has served as a Member of Parliament since winning the Tāmaki Makaurau by-election for Te Pāti Māori in September 2025.
Kaipara previously worked for Mai FM, TVNZ 1, Māori Television, and Three. In 2019, she became the first person with a moko kauae facial tattoo to present mainstream television news, and two years later was the first such person to host a prime-time news programme on national television.