Mihingarangi Forbes

[2] As a child, Forbes was deeply interested in journalism and storytelling, using a tape recorder to deliver fictional news and weather bulletins for her family.

[5] During her time on the show, she conducted an infamous interview with businessman Alasdair Thompson, challenging his earlier comments about women earning less pay because of their menstruation cycles.

[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 led by Forbes into alleged misspending by the Te Kōhanga Reo Trust Board.

[7] The show had obtained credit card transaction details of one board member and the general manager of the trust fund's charitable subsidiary.

[7] Media reports suggested that her departure from Māori TV was related to increasing editorial pressure on her work – her followup story on the Kohanga Reo National Trust had been held back, delayed without a clear explanation why.

[3] In 2016, after her resignation Maori Television accused Forbes of taking several items of designer clothing from 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 the clothing had been promised to her by her former boss at the company [8] as compensation for additional work completed.