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The court cited the example of the New Zealand Whanganui River, which was also declared to possess full rights of a legal person. [ 17 ] This development of environmental personhood has been met with scepticism as merely announcing that the Ganges and Yamuna are living entities will not save them from significant, ongoing pollution.
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 ...
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 ...
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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The river is now called the Whanganui River. In September 1912 press reports said that: [1] [2] There will be a big Maori gathering shortly at Paranui, a place some 15 miles above Pipiriki, on the Wanganui River, to open a new native meeting-house. Several hundreds of Maoris from all parts of the district are expected to attend.
Manunui (Māori: Mananui) is a small Whanganui River settlement, about 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) east of Taumarunui on State Highway 4, in New Zealand's King Country.It was once known as Waimarino, but John Burnand of the Ellis and Burnand sawmilling firm renamed it Manunui around 1905.
Contemporary settlement is mainly around Waiouru, Ohakune, and the Upper Whanganui River in the central North Island. [1] The iwi's area of interest extends north from the Paretetaitonga peak of Mount Ruapehu, west to the Pukupuku Stream, east to the meeting of the Moawhango and Aorangi waterways, and south to the Haumakariri Stream. [2]