In this letter we report the discovery of a z = 4.88 radio galaxy discovered with a new technique which does not rely on pre-selection of a sample based on radio properties such as steep-spectral index or small angular size . This radio galaxy was discovered in the Elais-N2 field and has a spectral index of \alpha = 0.75 , i.e . not ultra-steep spectrum . It also has a luminosity consistent with being drawn from the break of the radio luminosity function and can therefore be considered as a typical radio galaxy . Using the Spitzer -SWIRE data over this field we find that the host galaxy is consistent with being similarly massive to the lower redshift powerful radio galaxies ( \sim 1 - 3 L ^ { \star } ) . We note however , that at z = 4.88 the H \alpha line is redshifted into the IRAC 3.6 \mu m filter and some of the flux in this band may be due to this rather than stellar continuum emission . The discovery of such a distant radio source from our initial spectroscopic observations demonstrate the promise of our survey for finding the most distant radio sources .