A Kiwi newsreader has made history by becoming the first person to anchor a TV news bulletin with a traditional 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 in New Zealand on Monday. For Māori women the moko was a rite of passage, marking the passage between girl and adulthood and symbolises transformation. 'I'm very much aware that I'm the first [with moko kauae] to anchor a six o'clock primetime news bulletin.' New Zealand's foreign minister Nanaia Mahuta also has a moko kauae, becoming the first female MP to wear one in parliament.

Source: Stuff December 30, 2021 11:02 UTC