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New Zealand grants a mountain personhood, recognizing Taranaki Maunga as sacred to the Indigenous Māori people
The legal recognition acknowledges the mountain's theft from the Māori of the Taranaki region after New Zealand was colonized ...
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Ten things you might not know about Waitangi
At Waitangi, a day so ill defined by headlines breaks free of its time-bound shackles and reveals itself as a week-long ...
The strange, inclusive world of mountain personhood
As told by New Zealand, rivers and forests are legitimate human ancestors. The country’s most recent conferral of personhood ...
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The first official flag of Aotearoa and what it represents
Summer reissue: Adopted in 1834 the first national flag of New Zealand (Te Kara o Te Whakaminenga o Ngā Hapū o Nu Tīreni) symbolises more than just necessity – it represents Māori autonomy and a ...
Protests and a New Zealand leader’s absence overshadow a day marking the founding treaty with Māori
The bill’s architect, David Seymour, met with protests at Waitangi marae — a Māori meeting house — during speeches by ...
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A New Zealand mountain is granted personhood, recognizing it as sacred for Māori
In 1840, Māori tribes and representatives of the British crown signed the Treaty of Waitangi — New Zealand’s founding document — in which the Crown promised Māori would retain rights to ...
New Zealand grants legal personhood to Mount Taranaki
The New Zealand government has granted Mount Taranaki personhood on Thursday, giving it the same legal rights as a person ...