What is Miriama Rauhihi-Ness?
[[File:Ama Ness, PPP aid.jpg|thumb|Ama Ness, a PPP community worker, aids some people over the telephone by rapping about their problems, 1977]] '''Miriama Rauhihi-Ness''' (née '''Rauhihi'''; 15 July 1951 – 15 March 2021), also known as '''Ama Ness''', was a [[New Zealand]] Māori activist and [[Social work|social worker]]. She helped organize the [[Polynesian Panthers]], and 1975 [[Māori land march]]. <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.1news.co.nz/2021/03/18/polynesian-panthers-founding-member-miriama-rauhihi-ness-farewelled-after-short-cancer-battle/|title=Polynesian Panthers founding member Miriama Rauhihi Ness farewelled after short cancer battle}}</ref> <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/pou-tiaki/300257176/polynesian-panthers-honour-miriama-rauhihi-ness-for-dedicating-her-life-to-fight-for-mori-rights|title=Polynesian Panthers honour Miriama Rauhihi Ness for dedicating her life to fight for Māori rights}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.teaomaori.news/legacy-miriama-rauhihi-ness-remembered|title=Legacy of Miriama Rauhihi Ness remembered|access-date=2021-12-16|archive-date=2021-03-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210317192549/https://www.teaomaori.news/legacy-miriama-rauhihi-ness-remembered|url-status=dead}}</ref> She was a member of Ngā Tamatoa, which advocated for making Māori an [[official language]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/kahu/maori-and-pasifika-mourn-loss-of-former-nga-tamatoa-activist-and-polynesian-panther-miriama-rauhihi-ness/HIKBOKXCLQP4PXTZYPY4RIAFGU/|title=Māori and Pasifika mourn loss of former Ngā Tamatoa activist and Polynesian Panther Miriama Rauhihi-Ness}}</ref> == Family == She married Tigilau Ness; they had a son, Che Fu.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newsroom.co.nz/heroines-of-the-hkoi-miriama-rauhihi-ness|title=Heroines of the Hīkoi: Miriama Rauhihi Ness|access-date=2021-12-16|archive-date=2021-03-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210317193540/https://www.newsroom.co.nz/heroines-of-the-hkoi-miriama-rauhihi-ness|url-status=dead}