The Whanganui River

In a world-first a New Zealand river has been granted the same legal rights as a human being. The local Māori tribe of Whanganui in the North Island has fought for the recognition of their river – the third-largest in New Zealand – as an ancestor for 140 years. This New Zealand river now has the same legal rights as a human being. The legal personhood of the Whanganui River was instituted as part of the Treaty of Waitangi settlement, one of the longest litigation cases of nearly 150 years. This New Zealand river now has the same legal rights as a human being. To the Maori, indigenous people who live along New Zealand’s Whanganui River, the water isn’t only sacred — it’s part of their being. The community has a saying, “Ko au te awa. Ko te awa ko au.” In English, this means, “I am the river.

Recount Able Tasman

Able Tasman was a Dutch explorer  who was the first European to discover New Zealand, He named it staten land  he sailed around the outskirts of the land and mapped the country.

later, Dutch cartographers renamed it Niew Zealand after the province they came from, Zeeland ( sealand ).

Even later on, a british explorer named captin james cook was the first European to set foot on the land and renamed it New Zealand to anglicise it

Our band

kia ora

welcome to my blog

this week we have been learning about forming a band making a name and making t-shirts