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20
March
2017

Te Awa Tupua Act gives legal effect to the Whanganui River settlement

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📅 20 March 2017 📍 New Zealand

Royal assent to the Te Awa Tupua (Whanganui River Claims Settlement) Act translated the 2014 deed into legislation. It recognizes Te Awa Tupua as a legal person and establishes Te Pou Tupua, whose two guardians represent the river, one appointed by Whanganui Iwi and one by the Crown. The Act also records Crown acknowledgements and an apology and provides financial and cultural redress. Legal personhood is a distinctive immaterial and governance remedy grounded in iwi concepts; it is not equivalent to transferring ownership of the entire river or resolving every environmental issue.

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Whanganui Iwi

New Zealand Parliament

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New Zealand Parliament

Te Pou Tupua