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Watch: Newsreader becomes first person with traditional chin tattoo to anchor news show

A newsreader in New Zealand 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 earlier this week.

The mother-of-four from Auckland discovered she was 100 per cent Māori after taking a DNA test in 2017.

‘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

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