Gerrard Albert
Whanganui River: 10 years of legal personhood
6 Aug 2024
Gerrard Albert had a lead role in the negotiations and discusses the legal settlement with Jesse. Audio
Maori are suffering from the poor condition of their waterways
21 Apr 2017
Maori leaders say damage to many of the country's rivers and lakes is having a deep impact on their communities, as Leigh Marama McLachlan reports. Audio
Whanganui River the first to get the legal status of a person
16 Mar 2017
The Whanganui River has become the first in the world to be granted the legal status of a person. Audio
Whanganui River settlement signed
5 Aug 2014
More than 500 people have been at a marae on the Whanganui River today for the signing of a Treaty settlement that sets up a new way of managing the river. Audio
Whanganui River to become own entity
30 May 2013
In the first Treaty settlement of its kind for a river, management of the Whanganui will pass from local government to the river's iwi. Audio
