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Watch: Stories of perseverance, from Parihaka to Polynesian Panthers

Stories, chants, songs, and reflections about activism and resistance in Aotearoa and the Pacific. Hear kōrero on the invasion at Parihaka, the Takaparawhā Bastion Point protests and eviction, the Samoan Mau and the events around ‘Black Saturday’, and the work of the Polynesian Panthers and other Pacific activists in Aotearoa.

These events were held on Thu 16 and Fri 17 July 2020.

Parihaka and Polynesian Panthers

Bastion Point, Sāmoan Mau movement, O le Mau youth collective

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