Mihingarangi is an award winning investigative journalist, she says she’s a jack of all trades and a master of not much. She began her career in the 90s as a Māori rookie reporter at Te Karere Māori news. Since then she’s hopped across channels and mediums and ended up splitting her time between Radio NZ and TV3’s The Hui. She’s married and has four children ranging from fifteen years to just two years of age and says this is her most important role of them all.