Genre
History
Non-Fiction
Polynesian Panthers: Pacific Protest and Affirmative Action in Aotearoa NZ 1971–1981
Melani Anae, Leilani Tamu, Lautofa Iuli
$40.00
Polynesian Panthers records the Pacific rights and social activist movement in New Zealand, told by those who were there. Forming in 1971, the Polynesian Panther Party 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 up to 600 families. Drawing on interviews, memoirs, poetry, newspaper articles and critical analysis, Polynesian Panthers is a thought-provoking account of this period in New Zealand.
Pages
152
Language
English
Publication Date
November 23, 2015
Dimensions
210 x 250 mm
ISBN (Soft Cover)
9781775502050
"[The Polynesian Panthers'] lasting effect on mainstream attitudes was profound. This detailed account shows how and why."
"Polynesian Panthers is an edgy, hard-hitting account of an important period in New Zealand's social and cultural evolution."