Visit from Tigilau Ness.

Today, the whole Kauri team went to an assembly. Room 25 invited a member of the Polynesian Panthers, Tigilau, the father of Che Fu (yep, Che Fu) to talk with us. He was one of the many that fought against racism in accepted our invitation and visited us.

Then he started talking about his experience during the 70's, what the Polynesian Panthers did and what it felt like getting raided. Though, he never got raided, people who were related to him had been raided.

 One thing that shocked me was, he got expelled from Mt Albert Grammar School (MAGS). The reason he got expelled was, his hair, which was a giant Afro, he wouldn't cut his hair and tried explaining the reason, the headmaster did not understand and he stormed off. 

He joined the Polynesian Panthers when he was 17. Then he started fighting for what he believed was right and he got arrested. He went to prison for 9 months (it could've felt like forever because of boredom). 

He also did some songs that the Polynesian Panthers did while protesting. After that song, he shared another song that he created after a 12 year old girl died in a fire. The song is called "Girl who I never knew"