On Saturday New Zealand Channel Three’s Oriini Kaipara became the first ever Maori woman (wahine) bearing a moko kauae traditional facial tattoo to anchor a primetime national news broadcast, Stuff.nz.co reports, anchoring the Sunday show as well. “It’s breaking new ground for us as Māori, but also for people of colour. Whether you’ve got a moko kauae or not,” Kaipara told Stuff.
And if you’re new to National Zero and this is the first article you’ve ever seen, allow us to clear up the confusion you might be experiencing: We’re an American owned and operated website. The “NZ” shorthand for our name is not meant to allude to New Zealand, though it did gain us an affinity for the country and at least a handful of Kiwis among our regular readers. They’re a fine people and put up with a lot of shit by having Australians as neighbors. Crikey, those people are scum-a-roo.