World’s First: New Zealand River Given Legal Personhood

Published by the Environmental News Service

WELLINGTON, New Zealand, March 15, 2017 (ENS) – The Whanganui River today was recognized by the New Zealand Parliament as having its own legal identity with all the rights, duties and liabilities of a person.

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