The PlatformIn a book that is both deeply personal and highly political, Melani Anae recalls the radical activism of Auckland's Polynesian Panthers the movement modelled on the US Black Panther Party but without guns. The Polynesian Panthers was founded in response to the racist treatment of Pacific Islanders in the era of the Dawn Raids. Central to the group was a three point platform of peaceful resistance against racism, Pacific empowerment and a liberating