RESEARCH REQUESTS

We are aware that there is a high level of interest in the legal recognition of Te Awa Tupua as a “living and indivisible whole incorporating its tributaries and all its physical and metaphysical elements from the mountains to the sea.” 

Many requests for research interviews are received by the Office of Te Pou Tupua however Te Pou Tupua are not available to personally attend to each request. For this reason, we recommend the following links to assist with your research:

 

• Website - Ngā Tāngata Tiaki o Whanganui

• Website - Te Kōpuka nā Te Awa Tupua

• Published paper - "Beyond legal personhood for the Whanganui River: collaboration and pluralism in implementing the Te Awa Tupua Act."[1]

• Published paper - "Comparative analysis of Rights of Nature case studies Worldwide: Features of emergence and design."[2].

 

 

[1] Beyond legal personhood for the Whanganui River: collaboration and pluralism in implementing the Te Awa Tupua Act Miriama Cribb, Elizabeth Macpherson & Axel Borchgrevink To cite this article: Miriama Cribb, Elizabeth Macpherson & Axel Borchgrevink (16 Feb 2024): Beyond legal personhood for the Whanganui River: collaboration and pluralism in implementing the Te Awa Tupua Act, The International Journal of Human Rights, DOI: 10.1080/13642987.2024.2314532

[2] Comparative analysis of Rights of Nature (RoN) case studies worldwide: Features of emergence and design Viktoria Kahui a a , * , Claire W. Armstrong b , Margrethe Aanesen Department of Economics, University of Otago, Dunedin 9035, New Zealand b c UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Postboks 6050 Stakkevollan, 9037 Tromsø, Norway Center for Applied Research, Norwegian School of Economics, Helleveien 30, 5045 Bergen, Norway.