The Whanganui River winds through the town of Whanganui, New Zealand, on June 15, 2022. In 2017, New Zealand passed a groundbreaking law granting personhood status to the river. The law declares ...

To the Maori, indigenous people who live along New Zealand’s Whanganui River, the water isn’t only sacred — it’s part of their being. The community has a saying, “Ko au te awa. Ko te awa ...

New Zealand's Whanganui River is believed to be the first natural resource in the world to have been legally granted the same rights as a human.

New Zealand wallpaper company Miss Lolo has now made Brisbane its permanent base, ... “In New Zealand, I think my perception of a company owner is one that I’m too opinionated, ...

The Whanganui River winds through the town of Whanganui, New Zealand, on June 15, 2022. In 2017, New Zealand passed a groundbreaking law granting personhood status to the river.

In 2017, New Zealand passed a groundbreaking law granting personhood status to the Whanganui River. The law declares that the river is a living whole, from the mountains to the sea, incorporating ...

The Whanganui river is surging into the ocean, fattened from days of winter rain and yellowed from the earth and clay that has collapsed into its sides. Logs and debris hurtle past as dusk looms.

In 2017, New Zealand passed a groundbreaking law granting personhood status to the Whanganui River. Five years after the law was passed, The Associated Press followed the 180-mile river upstream ...