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Polynesian Panthers honour Miriama Rauhihi Ness for dedicating her life to fight for Māori rights

Polynesian Panthers honour Miriama Rauhihi Ness for dedicating her life to fight for Māori rights
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Pioneering indigenous rights activist farewelled

Miriama Rauhihi Ness (second from right) with other Polynesian Panther sisters Photo: facebook Miriama Rauhihi Ness was a member of the Polynesian Panthers and Ngā Tamatoa movements, fighting for both Māori and Pasifika rights in New Zealand. Will Ilolahia, a founding member of the Polynesian Panthers, said Rauhihi Ness was always on the frontlines of indigenous activism. She was our Minister of Culture and our first full-time community worker when we existed back in the 70s. Her fierce, strong, no-muck-around attitude has done a lot of things that a lot of people don t really acknowledge. Rauhihi Ness, Ngāti Whakatere / Ngāti Taki Hiki, helped lodge the Māori Language Petition of 1972, led the 1975 Land March and was part of the Patu Squad that protested the 1985 Springbok tour.

Māori and Pasifika mourn loss of former Ngā Tamatoa activist and Polynesian Panther Miriama Rauhihi-Ness

Māori and Pasifika mourn loss of former Ngā Tamatoa activist and Polynesian Panther Miriama Rauhihi-Ness 17 Mar, 2021 04:00 PM 3 minutes to read Miriama Rauhihi-Ness (second from left) and son - a very young Che Fu (right) pose with other members of the Twelve Tribes of Israel. Photo / Supplied Reporter, NZ Herald Māori and Pasifika activists are mourning Ngā Tamatoa and Polynesian Panther heroine Miriama Rauhihi-Ness, who died suddenly from cancer on March 15. The Ngāti Whakatere and Ngāti Taki Hiku descendant was instrumental in the mobilisation of the Polynesian Panthers as well as the 1975 Land March which was led by Dame Whina Cooper.

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