Whanganui River Treaty of Waitangi settlement

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The Whanganui River Treaty of Waitangi settlement is a landmark New Zealand legal agreement that recognizes the Whanganui River as a legal person and resolves long-standing grievances of the Whanganui iwi regarding their ancestral river.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Act of Parliament ⓘ
Treaty of Waitangi settlement ⓘ
guardian entity ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
legal agreement ⓘ
acknowledges Crown’s failure to adequately recognize Whanganui iwi rights and interests in the river ⓘ
Crown’s failure to protect the rangatiratanga of Whanganui iwi over the river ⓘ
spiritual, cultural, and historical significance of the Whanganui River to Whanganui iwi ⓘ
addresses Treaty of Waitangi claims of Whanganui iwi ⓘ
historic Crown breaches of the Treaty of Waitangi ⓘ
appliesTo Whanganui River ⓘ
associatedWithIwi Whanganui iwi ⓘ
country New Zealand ⓘ
dateOfRoyalAssent 2017-03-20 ⓘ
establishes Te Awa Tupua legal personality ⓘ
Te Pou Tupua ⓘ
financialRedressAmountNZD 80000000 ⓘ
function to act and speak for Te Awa Tupua ⓘ
historicalContext longest-running litigation in New Zealand history over a waterway ⓘ
implementedBy Te Awa Tupua (Whanganui River Claims Settlement) Act 2017 ⓘ
includes Crown acknowledgements ⓘ
Crown apology ⓘ
cultural redress ⓘ
financial redress ⓘ
historical account ⓘ
influenced global discourse on rights of nature ⓘ
jurisdiction New Zealand ⓘ
language English ⓘ
Māori ⓘ
legalForm Act of Parliament ⓘ
legalInnovation one of the first examples of a river being granted legal personhood in national law ⓘ
MāoriName Te Awa Tupua ⓘ
negotiatedBetween New Zealand Crown ⓘ
Whanganui iwi ⓘ
negotiationStartYear 1990s ⓘ
partOf New Zealand Treaty of Waitangi settlement process ⓘ
providesFor appointment of Te Pou Tupua as guardian ⓘ
co-governance arrangements for the Whanganui River ⓘ
establishment of Te Karewao legal framework for river management ⓘ
purpose to resolve long-standing grievances of Whanganui iwi regarding their ancestral river ⓘ
recognizes Te Awa Tupua as an indivisible and living whole ⓘ
Whanganui River as a legal person ⓘ
Whanganui iwi relationship with the river ⓘ
Whanganui iwi view that the river is an ancestor ⓘ
recognizesAsLegalPerson Whanganui River ⓘ
relatedTo Treaty of Waitangi ⓘ
Whanganui River claims (WAI 167 and related claims) ⓘ
role human face of Te Awa Tupua ⓘ
yearEnacted 2017 ⓘ

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Whanganui River → associatedWithTreatySettlement → Whanganui River Treaty of Waitangi settlement ⓘ
Te Awa Tupua (Whanganui River Claims Settlement) Act 2017 → implements → Treaty of Waitangi settlement for Whanganui River ⓘ
linked to: Whanganui River Treaty of Waitangi settlement