The Panthers Tahi (Season 1, Episode 1)
TV Episode | 45 min | Drama

The Panthers

Tahi (Season 1, Episode 1)

TV Episode | 45 min | Drama

Recognizing a need for social change in response to the racial injustices against Maori and Pacific Islanders in Aotearoa (New Zealand) six young Pacific Islanders form the Polynesian Panther Party (PPP) in the early 1970s.

Showrunners

Halaifonua Finau | Tom Hern

Director

Miki Magasiva

Writers

Halaifonua Finau (creator) | Tom Hern (creator) | James Napier Robertson

Composers

ChoiceVaughan (original music by) | Jonathan Crayford | Diggy Dupe (original music by) | Troy Kingi (original music by)

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Editor

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Edit Released

Updated Sep 9, 2021

Release date

Sep 9, 2021 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

9 wins & 9 nominations

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18 cast members

Name	Known for
Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi Will (as Dimitrius Koloamatangi) Will (as Dimitrius Koloamatangi) See fewer	The Panthers (2021)
Lealani Siaosi Melani Melani See fewer	Madam (2024)
Roy Billing Robert Muldoon Robert Muldoon See fewer	The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (2010)
Beulah Koale Ice Ice See fewer	Hawaii Five-0 (2010)
Chelsie Preston Crayford Carolyn Carolyn See fewer	Underbelly (2008)
Jordan Mooney Jimmy Jimmy See fewer	The Panthers (2021)
Jordan Vaha'akolo Havili Havili See fewer	Born to Dance (2015)
Villa Junior Lemanu Foof Foof See fewer	My Friend Michael Jones (2018)
Rokalani Lavea King Kong King Kong See fewer	The Panthers (2021)
Frankie Adams Tessa Tessa See fewer	The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart (2023)
Haanz Fa'avae-Jackson Fred Fred See fewer	Brutal Lives - Mo'ui Faingata'a (2020)
Ravikanth Gurunathan Nigel Nigel See fewer	Shortland Street (1992)
Romy Hooper Geraldine Geraldine See fewer	Heart Eyes (2025)
Mark Mitchinson Sergeant Ted Miller Sergeant Ted Miller See fewer	Evil Dead Rise (2023)
Amanaki Prescott-Faletau Lulu Lulu See fewer	Sui Generis (2017)
Phoenix Puleanga Toa Toa See fewer	My Friend Michael Jones (2018)
Stephanie Tauevihi Hinah Hinah See fewer	Russian Snark (2010)
Lennix Tolcher Thomas Thomas See fewer	The Panthers (2021)