While the conch shell is passed between living legends Tigilau Ness, Dr Melani Anae, Will’ Ilolahia and Wayne and Alec Toleafoa, you move across the narrative as a witness, ally, confidant, and teina. It feels humbling to share in the inner world of this movement and those brave enough to pay the high price of fighting for justice at a time when it wasn’t fashionable. Some of the Polynesian Panthers did time, some hid from the world for years, they bear the scars of a path forged for those who came after them, and by some miracle, their spirits are not broken.
How the Polynesian Panthers stood up to landlords and their damp rentals
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50 Years On, Polynesian Panthers Share Their Story In Their Own Words
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Polynesian Panthers mark 50 years of activism
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