I whānau mai a Oriini ki Whakatāne, ka whakapakeketia ia ki te Kura Kaupapa Māori, ināianei, kei te noho ia ki te uru o Tāmaki-makau-rau. Kua whai tohu whakamānawa a Oriini Kaipara hei kaiwhakapāho, kaihaurapa kōrero, kaiwhakawhiti reo, kaiwhakamāori reo Māori, reo Pākehā anō hoki. Kua rua ngahuru tau neke atu a Oriini e whai ana i tēnei aramahi, me te aha, kua nui te kauanuanu ki a ia mō tana kawe i ngā take hirahira ki te Māori, me te kōpare i tana rourou e hua mai ai tētahi Aotearoa kākano rua. 

Nō muri mai i tana whakaoti i ana mahi ako ki South Seas Film & Television School i te tau 2002, ka tīmata tana aramahi hei kaikawe pūrongo ki Mai FM. Nō te tau 2004, hono ai a Oriini ki te hōtaka nā Te Reo Tātaki o Aotearoa, a Waka Huia, hei kairīpoata, ā, nā wai rā, ka noho ia hei Ringatohu mō te kaupapa. I te tau 2019 ko ia te tangata mau moko kauae tuatahi kia noho hei kaikawe pūrongo i te auraki i Aotearoa.

I te Tīhema o te tau 2023 whakaputa a Kaipara i tana wehenga i TV3 ki te noho hei kaiārahi ahurea ki Te Komiti Taumāhekeheke o Aotearoa.

Born in Whakatāne, raised attending a Kura Kaupapa Māori, and currently residing in West Tāmaki-makau-rau, Oriini Kaipara is an award-winning bilingual Māori broadcaster, journalist, translator, and interpreter of te reo Māori and English. With a career spanning more than two decades, Oriini is well-respected for her approach to issues significant to Māori, contributing to shaping a positive bicultural New Zealand society.

After completing studies at the South Seas Film & Television School in 2002, she began her career as a newsreader for Mai FM. In 2004, Oriini joined TVNZ’s Waka Huia as a reporter and later became the Director of the program. Notably, in 2019, she made history as the first person with a moko kauae to present mainstream news on television in Aotearoa.

In December 2023, Kaipara announced her departure from TV3 to assume the role of Māori cultural lead for the New Zealand Olympic Committee.