Oriini Kaipara | Tūhoe, Ngāti Awa, Tūwharetoa, Te Arawa

Kua roa nei a Oriini Kaipara (Tūhoe, Ngāti Awa, Tūwharetoa, Te Arawa) e tū hei kaihāpai mō te reo Māori i roto i te ao pāpāho. 

I tīmata tana umanga nui ake i te rua tekau tau te roa ki Mai FM i Tāmaki Makaurau, i te tau 2004 i haere ia ki Waka Huia hei kairipoata. Kua mahi ia hei kaikawe pūrongo, hei kaiwhakaputa, hei kairipoata hoki mō Te Karere, i whakakanohi hoki ia i te whakaaturanga Native Affairs. 

I te tau 2019 i hūnuku ia ki tētahi tūranga hou hei kaikawe pūrongo mō 1 News. I taua wā ko ia tērā i kite i ngā whakaaturanga pāpāho puta noa i te ao, i te mea ko ia te wahine mau moko kauae tuatahi ki te whakakanohi i tētahi kawepūrongo auraki.  

I te tau 2023 i kopoua ia hei Pouwhiringa mō Te Whare o Pou Tangata, he tūranga e āhei ki te  whakatairanga tonutia e ia te reo Māori ki ngā pouaka whakaata o te motu, ki te ao anō hoki.