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Young people from Invercargill schools heeded the call to stamp out racism from Panthers yesterday. Polynesian Panthers Tigilau Ness, Dr Melani...

Flaxmere College hosted three members of the Polynesian Panthers on Wednesday as part of the revolutionary social justice group’s Educate to Liberate...

Statistics provided to 1News showing Pacific Islanders make up over half of all declined visitor visa applicants lead some critics to allege Immigration Ne

Tuesday, 3 August 2021, 4:10 pm   The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP) welcomes the New Zealand Government’s apology for the Dawn Raids. The Dawn Raids carried out in the 1970s were a racist targeting of our Pasifika communities – especially Tongan and Samoan households. Dr Francis Agnew, spokesperson for the Tu Te Akaaka Roa – RANZCP New Zealand National Committee, said the acknowledgment of the Dawn Raids is important for the harm the Dawn Raids caused. ‘Now Aotearoa New Zealand can begin to move forward,’ said Dr Agnew, who was awarded the MNZ...

In the 1970s, the Labour-led Kirk government racially targeted Pasifika people suspected of overstaying their visas, and the National Muldoon administration followed. This time in New Zealand’s history became known as the dawn raids. Sent to Labour List MP Liz Craig, in Invercargill, on Mon, 24 Feb 2020, 11:57 am. email ragout Smith said people were raided while they attended church services, in bed at home and at work places. “...imagine the humiliation, someone coming into your workplace and doing that to you,” Smith said. Smith noted that Māori people were also targeted. Robyn E...