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 ...
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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New Zealand, UNDP, NCIP launch initiative for indigenous women
NEW ZEALAND, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) have officially launched the “Indigenous Women and Girls-Leadership and ...
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New Zealand grants personhood to sacred mountain in historic settlement
A New Zealand mountain has been granted personhood ... its Māori name – has long been considered an ancestor by Indigenous people, according to NPR, and now has “all the rights and ...
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A New Zealand mountain is granted personhood, recognizing it as sacred for Maori
WELLINGTON, New Zealand — A mountain in New Zealand considered an ancestor by Indigenous people was recognized as a legal person Thursday after a new law granted it all the rights and ...
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Pacific News Minute: New Zealand mountain recognized as a legal person
A mountain in New Zealand is considered to be an ancestor by Indigenous people and has been recognized as a legal person. A new law granted it all the rights and responsibilities of a human being. HPR ...