Name: The Panthers: Season 1
Genre: Drama, Historical
Released: 2021
Duration: TNaNHNaNM
Cast: Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi, Lealani Siaosi, Roy Billing, Beulah Koale, Frankie Adams

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Producers Halaifonua Finau (Baby Mama's Club) and Tom Hern (The Dark Horse) head this six-part historical drama on the rise of The Polynesian Panthers, a group of young radicals inspired by The Black Panthers to fight for change against Robert Muldoon's government in 1970s Aotearoa.

2021New ZealandNZ On Air

DramaHistorical

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Creator:: Halaifonua FinauTom Hern
Cast:: Dimitrius Schuster-KoloamatangiLealani SiaosiRoy BillingBeulah KoaleFrankie AdamsChelsie Preston-CrayfordJordan MooneyJordan Vaha’akoloVilla Junior LemanuRokalani LaveaRavikanth Gurunathan

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Episode 1

Will and his gang get themselves into deep trouble after being caught stealing a giant catch.

Episode 2

As Will and The Panthers' movement fires up, so too does Machiavellian politician Rob Muldoon's.

Episode 3

Lusitania enlists the help of Officer Havili to investigate her son, only to uncover more than she bargained for.

Episode 4

Muldoon tops the polls ahead of the election and Ice puts a bounty out on Will's head.

Episode 5

Piggy is the new prime minister. Will discovers the ultimate betrayal. Jimmy goes after 'the other man'.

Episode 6

Will goes to extreme lengths to redeem himself and put a stop to Muldoon's immigration raids.

The Panthers: Season 1 / Reviews

The Spinoff

Shining a bold light on an unobserved world, The Panthers is essential viewing.

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Stuff

If some of the characters feel a little under-developed... then that’s offset by the impressive, charismatic Schuster-Koloamatangi and the sight of finally seeing a well put-together dramatisation of a dark chapter in New Zealand...

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The Panthers: Season 1 / News & Opinion

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A slick new perspective on NZ’s turbulent 1970s, The Panthers both educates and entertains

Takes pains to show the complacencies of 1970s NZ towards the persecution of Pacific families.

James Nokise