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Joe Harawira was born on 13 March, 1946 in Paroa, New Zealand, is a New Zealand Māori elder and environmental campaigner (1946–2017). Discover Joe Harawira's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 71 years old?

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Occupation Sawmill worker, activist
Age 71 years old
Zodiac Sign Pisces
Born 13 March, 1946
Birthday 13 March
Birthplace Paroa, New Zealand
Date of death 2017
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Nationality New Zealand

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1946

Joseph 'Hohepa' Harawira (13 March 1946 – January 2017) was a Maori kaumātua (elder) and environmental campaigner in New Zealand, prominent for raising issues of dioxin poisoning around Whakatane in the Eastern Bay of Plenty.

Harawira was a member of the Ngāti Awa and Ngāi Te Rangi tribes, which are prominent in Whakatane.

He spent most of his early life in that town.

His parents and grandparents were involved in the Ringatu and Ratana churches.

Harawira worked at Tasman pulp and paper mill (Kawerau), Kinleith mill (Tokoroa) and then at Whakatane sawmill for 29 years, where like many other workers, he was exposed to pentachlorophenol (PCP), used in timber processing in New Zealand at that time.

1950

Between 1950 and 1989, these canals received point-source discharge containing waste from the timber treatment mill, where PCP had been used as a wood preservative.

The PCP was contaminated with dioxin and furan (PCDD/PCDFs), resulting in dioxin-contaminated sediment.

1982

Harawira retired from the mill when his health declined in 1982, and suffered near-total paralysis by the 1990s, which he said was due to toxic chemical poisoning from his years at the mill.

Many other workers at the mill suffered similar health effects, suffering similar symptoms of fatigue, depression, respiratory problems, heart and liver disease, and high levels of cancer.

Harawira spent the last 30 years of his life seeking recognition for workers at the Whakatane Sawmill harmed by workplace chemical poisoning.

He was spokesperson for Sawmill Workers Against Poisons (SWAP), producing a survey of (former) sawmill workers and families that led directly to action, including specialised health services and a clinic.

SWAP campaigned to have all remaining contaminated sites cleaned up, including 25 dumps in the Whakatane area.

For many decades, the mill had dumped contaminated sawdust, bark, scrap timber, and chemicals in and around Whakatane and the Rangitaiki Plains, including the Kopeopeo Canal, which was sometimes called New Zealand's most polluted waterway.

Kopeopeo Canal and other constructed waterways were designed to drain low-lying farmlands across the Rangitaiki Plains.

2012

In the 2012 Queen's Birthday and Diamond Jubilee Honours, Harawira was awarded the Queen's Service Medal, for services to sawmillers' health.

MP Te Ururoa Flavell, co-leader of the Māori Party, said Harawira's "ground-breaking campaign resulted in significant transformative outcomes for the people and land of Ngāti Awa. The research was pivotal in creating a remedial project to clean the whenua and waterways."

2017

Harawira died in January 2017.

His tangi was held at Pūpūāruhe Marae in Whakatane.

2019

Remediation efforts on the canal received international recognition in 2019.