If the Whanganui River is a person, is it just like you and me?
The Whanganui River has gained its own legal identity with all the corresponding rights, duties and liabilities of a legal person.
Te Awa Tupua (Whanganui River Claims Settlement) Bill passed its third reading in Parliament on Wednesday and will come into effect once signed by the Governor General - making the mighty river a mighty large person.
But what does this actually mean? Will it have all the same rights and responsibilities as anyone else?
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/905...-river-is-a-person-is-it-just-like-you-and-me
The Whanganui River has gained its own legal identity with all the corresponding rights, duties and liabilities of a legal person.
Te Awa Tupua (Whanganui River Claims Settlement) Bill passed its third reading in Parliament on Wednesday and will come into effect once signed by the Governor General - making the mighty river a mighty large person.
But what does this actually mean? Will it have all the same rights and responsibilities as anyone else?
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/905...-river-is-a-person-is-it-just-like-you-and-me
