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Sacred Lake of the Māori in New Zealand National Park Under Threat of Becoming Polluted: Visitor Contamination to Blame
Its name, Rotomairewhenua, was given by the Ngāti Apa, a local Māori tribe. The name’s meaning: the lake of peaceful lands. To New Zealanders, and to the Māori, the small body of water is sacred and ...
Why tourists are being told to wipe their shoes before visiting the ‘world’s clearest lake’
Hikers in New Zealand risk polluting the “clearest lake in the world” with a microscopic alga carried on their boots.
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A New Zealand mountain is granted personhood, recognizing it as sacred for Māori
WELLINGTON, New Zealand — A mountain in New Zealand considered an ancestor by Indigenous people was recognized as a legal person on Thursday after a new law granted it all the rights and ...
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New Zealand mountain is granted personhood, recognizing it as sacred for Maori
A mountain in New Zealand considered an ancestor by Indigenous people was recognized as a legal person on Thursday after a new law granted it all the rights and responsibilities of a human being.
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New Zealand mountain given rights
But colonizers of New Zealand in the 18th and 19th centuries took first the name of Taranaki and then the mountain itself. In 1770, the British explorer Captain James Cook spotted the peak from ...
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Go Tell It on the Mountain: New Zealand Grants Legal Personhood to Mount Taranaki, Recognizing It as Sacred for Māori
WELLINGTON, New Zealand — A mountain in New Zealand considered an ancestor by indigenous people was recognized as a legal person on Thursday after a new law granted it all the rights and ...
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New Zealand mountain granted legal personhood, with human-like rights
A mountain in New Zealand, which Indigenous people consider an ancestor, has been granted legal personhood through a new law that gives it the same rights and obligations as a human being.