Miriama Rauhihi-Ness also known as Ama (1951 – 15 March 2021)  was a New Zealand Māori activist and social worker. She co-founded the 1975 Land March . In 1972 she helped lodge a Māori language petition, resulting in Māori becoming an official language in Aotearoa in 1987. She brought the Pacific community together, fighting for the rights of Māori. She was hired by the Polynesian Panthers as a full-time social-worker after she led a Pasifika women's strike for pay and work conditions; she also began organizing gender equality workshops for other Panthers and men in the community to target cultural bias and violence against women. She was married to musician Tigilau Ness and gave birth to singer Che Fu. Rauhihi-Ness died on 15 March 2021 from cancer, aged 69. Category:New Zealand activists Category:New Zealand social workers Category:New Zealand women Category:New Zealand Māori people Category:1951 births Category:2021 deaths Category:Place of birth missing Category:Place of death missing Category:Deaths from can
Miriama Rauhihi Ness (1951 – 15 March 2021) , also known as Ama Ness, was a New Zealand Māori activist and social worker. She was one of the organisers of the 1975 Māori land march . In 1972 she helped lodge a Māori language petition, eventually culminating in Māori becoming an official language in New Zealand in 1987. She brought the Pacific community together, fighting for the rights of Māori. She was hired by the Polynesian Panthers as a full-time social worker after she led a Pasifika women's strike for pay and work conditions; she also began organising gender equality workshops for other Panthers and men in the community to target cultural bias and violence against women. She was married to musician Tigilau Ness and gave birth to singer Che Fu. Rauhihi Ness died on 15 March 2021 from cancer, aged 69. Category:New Zealand activists Category:New Zealand social workers Category:New Zealand women Category:New Zealand Māori people Category:1951 births Category:2021 deaths Category:Place of birth missing Category:Place of death missing Category:Deaths from cancer in New Zealan
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