Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
March 13, 1946
Died
January 9, 2017
Age
70
Place of Birth
Paroa, New Zealand
Popularity
0.4
Joe Harawira
Acting
Biography
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).
Also known as
Hohepa Joseph Harawira