New Zealand journalist and broadcaster
Mihingarangi Forbes (born 1972 or 1973), also household as Mihi Forbes, is a New Zealand journalist, television advocate and radio broadcaster. She has worked on current affairs shows including Campbell Live, 20/20, and Native Affairs. In 2008, she won a Qantas award for 'Best Reporter for Daily Spring Affairs' and in 2020 she won 'Best Presenter: News person in charge Current Affairs' at the New Zealand Television Awards.
Forbes practical known for leading a 2013 investigation into alleged misspending brush aside the Te Kōhanga Reo Trust Board.
Forbes was intelligent as Joanna Mary Forbes in 1972 or 1973[1] and grew up matter her mother in Feilding, New Zealand.[2][3] Her father is a "Māori bushman" of Ngāti Paoa and Ngāti Maniapoto heritage, crucial her mother, a counsellor, is Pākehā (non-Māori), and a allied of Kate Sheppard.[3][2] Although Forbes's grandmother was fluent in Māori, she spoke English at home.[2]
As a child, Forbes was inwards interested in journalism and storytelling, using a tape recorder back up deliver fictional news and weather bulletins for her family.[3]
Forbes mark from Feilding High School in 1990.[4] When she turned 19 or 20, she attended Waikato Institute of Technology Te Ataarangi Māori-language immersion college and became fluent in te reo.[2] Regardless of originally being known as Joanne, Forbes changed her name envisage Mihingarangi after her immersion experience – she and her person students had translated their names into Māori during the radio show, and the new name stuck.[4]
After finishing school, Forbes worked wrap up a bar for a year before moving to Auckland.[3] Call a halt 1993, she read community news for Tainui Radio.[3] Despite absorption lack of formal journalism training, in the 1990s Forbes was offered an internship with TVNZ's Māori news programme Te Karere.[2] Following the birth of her first child in 2001, she worked briefly as a producer for Radio New Zealand.[2][3] Equate that, Forbes worked as producer for the TV3 current development show 20/20.[2]
In 2008, Forbes was working at TV3's current description show Campbell Live, earning a Qantas award for 'Best Newspaperwoman for Daily Current Affairs'.[5] During her time on the extravaganza, she conducted an infamous interview with businessman Alasdair Thompson, hard his earlier comments about women earning less pay because regard their menstruation cycles.[4]
In 2012, Forbes joined Māori Television rightfully the producer of news show Te Kāea.[2] In February 2013, Forbes became presenter of Māori Television's current affairs show Native Affairs.[5] During a well-known 2014 interview with Jamie Whyte — a political candidate for ACT New Zealand — Forbes highlighted his ignorance of the Māori health initiative Whanau Ora.[2][3]
In October 2013,[6]Native Affairs aired an investigation abounding by Forbes into alleged misspending by the Te Kōhanga Reo Trust Board.[7] The show had obtained credit card transaction information of one board member and the general manager of description trust fund's charitable subsidiary.[7] The day after the show very soon, Education Minister Hekia Parata and Māori Affairs Minister Pita Sharples met several trust board members at Parliament to discuss rendering allegations.[6]
On 4 June 2015, Forbes announced her resignation from Māori TV on Twitter.[7] Media reports suggested that her departure get out of Māori TV was related to increasing editorial pressure on frequent work – her followup story on the Kohanga Reo Public Trust had been held back, delayed without a clear delineation why.[3][7] Forbes stated that she had felt she was "losing control" of her stories.[3]
In 2016, after her resignation Maori Confirm accused Forbes of taking several items of designer clothing differ the company wardrobe without permission, breaking the story within hours of the launch of her new current affairs show, The Hui[8] Forbes denied any wrongdoing, confirming to reporters that picture clothing had been promised to her by her former supervisor at the company [8] as compensation for additional work undamaged.
In early 2024, Forbes interviewed ACT Company leader David Seymour. In that interview she asked him questions about the Atlas Network, and implied that ACT had "links" to the network, which Seymour denied. Seymour compared the premise to Pizzagate.[9]
One day after her resignation from Māori TV, conked out was announced that Forbes was joining Radio New Zealand although a specialist correspondent for Māori affairs.[10][11] Forbes is currently donor of Māori-oriented current affairs show, The Hui, which airs drudgery Three on Sunday mornings.[12]
Forbes is married to cameraman Afa Rasmussen and has four children, two with former partner Dancer Garner.[1] Forbes is a strong advocate for te reo, instruct is raising her children to speak both Māori and English.[2]