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Joe Harawira
Acting•Born March 13, 1946•Died January 9, 2017 (age 70)•Paroa, New Zealand
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).
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DepartmentActing
BirthdayMarch 13, 1946
Day of DeathJanuary 9, 2017
Place of BirthParoa, New Zealand
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