What is Joe Hawke?
[[File:Joe Hawke MNZM (cropped).jpg|right|200px]] '''Joseph Parata Hohepa Hawke''' {{postnominals|country=NZL|MNZM}} (1940 &ndash; 22 May 2022) was a New Zealand politician and [[Māori people|Māori]] land rights activist. He was a member of [[New Zealand Parliament|Parliament]] for the [[New Zealand Labour Party|Labour Party]] from 1996 to 2002. In the 2008 [[Queen's Birthday Honours]], Hawke was appointed a [[Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://dpmc.govt.nz/publications/queens-birthday-honours-list-2008 |title=Queen's Birthday honours list 2008 |date=2 June 2008 |publisher=Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet |accessdate=1 February 2020}}</ref> Hawke died on 22 May 2022 at the age of 82.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/300594523/ngti-whtua-bastion-point-protest-leader-joe-hawke-dies-aged-82 |title=Ngāti Whātua Bastion Point protest leader Joe Hawke dies, aged 82 |first1=Ryan |last1=Anderson |first2=Melanie |last2=Earley |date=22 May 2022 |work=[[Stuff (website)|Stuff]] |access-date=22 May 2022}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Hawke, Joe}} [[Category:1940 births]] [[Category:2022 deaths]] [[Category:New Zealand politicians]] [[Category:Māori rights activists]] {{bio-stub}}