Lecture 24. Polynesian panthers Flashcards
When was the polynesian panther legacy trust founded?
- Honor the legacy of PPP
When was the polynesian panther legacy trust founded?
- Honor the legacy of PPP
what was special about the Polynesian panthers?
- No violence
- fighting politically
- no drugs, no gangs
- mostly young people, high schoolers
What did PPP do?
- homework club/centers for the kids
- Xmas party
- gathered young people, uniting pacific voice. Developed survival programs
- developed the legal aid booklet with the help of David Longley to educate Pacific people on their rights
- TAB( Tenants Aid Brugade) organized rent strikes: “ do not pay rent to the landlord until the house is brought up to living conditions”
- P.I.G patrol( police investigation group)
- Paremoremo prison visits( bus to prison)
- concerts/outings for seniors
- taking delivery, post, lawn-mowing for seniors
- protests: dawn raids, Vietnam war, Maori Land March, Bastion Point
What did David Longley do?
- well before becoming prime minister, helped write the Panther’s legal aid pamphlet.( policeman cannot arrest if not in full uniform)
- Pathers used this and formed the police investigation group Pig Patrol for Short.
- he was one of New Zealand’s best criminal lawyers, and it handled many of the litigation fallout for our members on various charges.
police investigation group Pig Patrol for Short.
- a group formed by PP
- follow police to stop them from targeting Polynesian people
First line of defense for Polynesian pathers
military wing:
Polynesian Panther members that were prepared to step outside of the law ready to be arrested. Confronting the system. Ready to fight.
Dawn raids
Between 1973 and 1976, successive governments cracked down hard on immigrants with expired visas.
-targeted Polynesian immigrants even more white people were overstayers
reverse dawn raids
PP members of the military wing turned up to police homes early in the morning with speakers
