Joe Harawira
Bio: Joseph "Hohepa" Harawira QSM (1946-2017) was a Māori kaumātua (elder) and environmental campaigner in New Zealand, prominent for raising issues of dioxin poisoning around Whakatāne in the Eastern Bay of Plenty. He was the leader of Sawmill Workers Against Poisons (SWAP), a group which sought official recognition of, and remedies for, the environmental pollution and human health problems associated with the timber industry’s use of the toxic chemical pentachlorophenol (PCP)
Born: Wed, Mar 13 1946
Death: Mon, Jan 09 2017
Birthplace: Paroa, New Zealand
Death: Mon, Jan 09 2017
Joe Harawira is 70 years old