Te reo Maori existed in Aotearoa (the Maori name for NewZealand) before Pakeh (European ... and unfair experiences that the tangata whenua (people of the land) have experienced over ...
its Maori name – is the latest natural feature to be granted personhood in NewZealand, which has ruled that a river and a stretch of sacred land are people before. The pristine, snow-capped ...