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Biography: Harawira, Hohepa Joseph (Joe)

Joe Harawira

Joe Harawira stands in front of a group of people, who are seated on the steps of Parliament Buildings.

SWAP chairman Joe Harawira (Ngāti Awa, Ngāi Te Rangi) led a group of ex-sawmill workers to Parliament in March 2005, to tell MPs about the health and environmental problems caused by industrial toxic waste in the Whakatāne region.

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Marama Cook. 'Harawira, Hohepa Joseph (Joe)', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 2024. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/47872/joe-harawira (accessed 4 June 2026).