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Re:The Whanganui River in New Zealand is a legal person by xupybd on Tuesday April 23, 2019 @05:13AM (#19726771)
Good to see another kiwi on here.

I grew up in Whanganui.

You must be pretty far up to run out of cell service. I had service all the way up to the bridge to no where last time I was up that way.

It is weird to see the river or as my dad would say awa in hacker news.

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Re:The Whanganui River in New Zealand is a legal person by chriselles on Tuesday April 23, 2019 @06:21AM (#19727131)
Absolutely!

I’m South Island based, but up there twice a year for the last 8 years.

We lose mobile coverage once we are descending on the north side of the hill heading up the river from town.

We stay at a farm and Marae owned by the local river people iwi.

We hang out between there and Jeresulem further north.

Hope your family and friends did ok in the floods.

Pretty crazy seeing it here, already shared it and the river folks I’ve been able to reach are really chuffed with the article.

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