(WATCH) Kaupapa on the Couch: Rivers are people too!
01 Nov 2017
Ātea
Leonie Hayden presents Kaupapa On The Couch, a six-part webseries looking at interesting issues and events in te ao Māori.
What do we mean when we refer to our mountains and rivers as ancestors? Episode three looks at the world-leading legislation in Aotearoa that recognises Te Urewera National Park and the Whanganui River as people.
Watch episode 1 and episode 2.
Made with the support of NZ On Air!
Leonie Hayden
Leonie Hayden (Ngāti Whātua o Kaipara, Ngāti Rango) is a contributing writer. She is the former editor of Ātea, The Spinoff's Māori and indigenous content channel and was previously editor of the magazines Mana and Rip It Up.
