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The recognition of the Whanganui River as a legal entity in New Zealand (Te Awa Tupua) encompassed a vivid sense of cultural "inalienable connection" to the local iwi and hapu of the river. Māori culture considers natural features such as the Whanganui River as ancestors and iwi hold deep connections with them as living entities.
The Whanganui River is a major river in the North Island of New Zealand. It is the country's third-longest river, and has special status owing to its importance to the region's Māori people . In March 2017 it became the world's second natural resource (after Te Urewera ) to be given its own legal identity, with the rights, duties and ...
Whanganui River was recognized as having the same legal status as a person by the government of New Zealand in 2017, ending the country's longest running litigation, which had begun 160 years ago. Prior to European settlement, the river was important for being easily navigable, which allowed widespread settlements through the Whanganui River ...
Five years ago, the Whanganui River was recognized as a living person in a groundbreaking New Zealand law. Ngahuia Twomey-Waitai, 28, walks into the Whanganui River and reaches down to splash ...
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Legal standing for natural systems in New Zealand arose alongside new attention paid to long-ignored treaty agreements with the Indigenous Maori. [20] In August 2012, a treaty agreement signed with the Maori iwi recognized the Whanganui River and tributaries as a legal entity, an "indivisible and living whole" with its own standing.
In March 2023, the river broke through a hole in the stopbank on the north side, and caused significant flooding damage to several farms. [3] In April 2023, a river engineer briefed local farmers, and outlined the history of development of stop banks on the river. In 1948, the river had a wide and natural braided river course. However, over a ...
Tuesday’s federal lawsuit said the riverkeeper had found 15 different types of forever chemicals, also known as PFAS, flowing from a Shaw discharge pipe in late 2023.