Rise Up - The Story of the Dawn Raids
The article “Rise Up: The Story of the Dawn Raids and the Polynesian Panthers” recounts the story of the dawn raids that took place in Aotearoa in the 1970s.
About this resource
Series: School Journal Level 4 November 2018
Reading year level: 7
Category: Non-fiction
Topics: 1970s, activists, change, citizenship, civil rights, dawn raids, deportation, education, immigration, New Zealand history, Operation Pot Black, overstayers, Pacific, police, Polynesian Panthers, politics, power, protest, racism, social action
Rise Up - The Story of the Dawn Raids
Words by Pauline Vaeluaga Smith
Under instruction from the government of the day, police and immigration officials invaded the homes of Polynesian people in the early hours of the morning, demanding evidence that they were lawfully living in Aotearoa.