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Miriama Rauhihi Ness (second from right) with other Polynesian Panther sisters
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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.
Miriama Rauhihi Ness a fighter for Maori and Pasifika 16 Mar 2021 08:36 AM Photo: Panthers Liberation Library.
Will Ilolahia: Miriama Rauhihi Ness a fighter for Maori and Pasifika.
Former Nga Tamatoa and Polynesian Panther member Miriama Rauhihi Ness is being remembered as a wahine toa who was able to cut across divisions in her fights for justice.
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Fellow Polynesian Panther Will Ilolahia says she first came to the attention of the group for standing up for the rights of the Pacific Island women in the sewing factory she worked in as an 18-year-old new to the city from Foxton.