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A New Zealand mountain is granted personhood, recognizing it as sacred for Māori
But colonizers of New Zealand in the 18th and 19th centuries took first the name of Taranaki and then the mountain itself. In 1770, the British explorer Captain James Cook spotted the peak from ...
New Zealand’s record of colonial oppression of the Cook Islands
The New Zealand ruling elite depicts itself as a benevolent colonial ruler defending the Cook Islands from the alleged “threat” posed by China. In fact, NZ imperialism is responsible for appalling ...
Swimming World Magazine10d
Maya Merhige, 17, Adds Crossing of New Zealand’s Cook Strait
American teenager Maya Merhige completed a crossing of the Cook Strait in New Zealand, the latest in her myriad open water ...
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GLOBAL INDIGENOUS: A New Zealand mountain now a person, legally
Around the world: Taranaki Maunga, a mountain in New Zealand, has been granted legal personhood, Rwanda initiates Heritage Forest project safeguarding ancient native trees, Kimberley Aboriginal ...