Polynesian Panthers : Pacific protest and affirmative action in Aotearoa New Zealand 1971-1981 / [edited by] Melanie Anae, Lautofa Iuli, Leilani Burgoyne.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part One. From Falealili to Ponsonby -- Part Two. The 'New Zealand-Born' Experience -- Part Three. Ponsonby - The 'Little Polynesia in New Zealand' - and the Gang Experience -- Part Four. From Gang to Polynesian Panther Movement -- Part Five. From Polynesian Panther Movement to Polynesian Panther Party -- Part Six. 'Once a Panther, always a Panther' -- Part Seven. The Legacy of the Polynesian Panthers.

"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.