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Re:The Whanganui River in New Zealand is a legal person by paulhallett on Tuesday April 23, 2019 @05:16AM (#19726781)
This is the second place in Aotearoa New Zealand to be given this status, the first being Te Urewera. The NZ government grants these rights due to their Tapu for the Maori people.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Te_Urewera

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