Joe Hawke
Joe Hawke, of Orakei, received the Insignia of a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to Maori and the community, on 23 September 2008. Mr Hawke assisted Dame Whina Cooper as secretary of the Matakite organisation during the 1975 land march and played a leading role in the occupation of Bastion Point in 1977-78. A former member of Parliament, he has served several terms as a member of the Ngati Whatua o Orakei Maori Trust Board and played an important role in the tribe’s Treaty of Waitangi claims negotiations. Photo: Photography by Woolf.