With her cheery demeanour and her passion for te reo Māori, TVNZ’s newest weather presenter, Te Rauhiringa Brown, is a ray of sunshine to those who tune in to watch.
But recently she experienced a cloudy moment in her career after a raft of negative comments surfaced online, complaining about the fluent Māori speaker using both English and te reo while presenting the weather. One complainant said it was a “disgrace”.
“It baffles me that people say these things and have views about.