5 Jan 2025

The first multi-lingual Polynesian newspaper

From Summer Weekends, 10:07 am on 5 January 2025

In July 1977, the first multi-lingual Polynesian newspaper, Mana, was published in Auckland. The groundbreaking publication shared news relevant to Maori and Pacific people advocating for social justice at a time when mainstream media largely ignored these communities. A new Auckland War Memorial Museum exhibition spotlights the groundbreaking newspaper and the voices it platformed during some of Aotearoa New Zealand's most defining years of activism.

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