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Polynesian Panthers : Pacific protest and affirmative action in Aotearoa New Zealand 1971-1981

Anae, Melani, editor, Iuli, Lautofa, editor, Tamu, Leilani, editor

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\"Polynesian Panthers records the Pacific rights and social activist movement in New Zealand, told by those who were there. Forming in 1971, the Polynesian Panthers sought to raise consciousness and took action in response to the racism and discrimination Pacific peoples faced in New Zealand in the 1970s and 1980s. The Panthers organised prison visit programmes and sporting and debating teams for inmates; provided a halfway-house service for young men released from prison; ran homework centres; and offered 'people's loans', legal aid and food banks that catered for 600 families at their height. Drawing on interviews, memoirs, poetry, newspaper articles and critical analysis, Polynesian Panthers is a thought-provoking account of this period in New Zealand\"--Publisher information.

• Publisher: Huia Publishers
• Subject: Polynesian Panther Party History. / Youth Political activity New Zealand History 20th century. / Polynesians Civil rights New Zealand. / Polynesians New Zealand Social conditions 20th century. / Youth, Maori Political activity New Zealand 20th century.
• ISBN: 9781775502050, 1775502058

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
DU424.5.P6 P65 2015	1	BOOK	AUTOSTORE