#teurewera — Public Fediverse posts
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#Taranaki becomes the third #naturalfeature in #Aotearoa aka New Zealand to be granted legal #personhood following #TeUrewera in 2014 and the #Whanganui River in 2017. That designation means the geographic features gain the legal status of a person, ensuring they are treated with respect and protection.
“When we think about the concept of personhood, what we are doing is putting in place a very #Māori! #Indigenous concept into western law,” Jamie Tuuta
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#Taranaki becomes the third #naturalfeature in #Aotearoa aka New Zealand to be granted legal #personhood following #TeUrewera in 2014 and the #Whanganui River in 2017. That designation means the geographic features gain the legal status of a person, ensuring they are treated with respect and protection.
“When we think about the concept of personhood, what we are doing is putting in place a very #Māori! #Indigenous concept into western law,” Jamie Tuuta