I Am The River, The River Is Me: New doco released on Whanganui River

Whanganui river recognized as a legal person has been put into a documentary. A group of film makers from the Netherlands took the five-day canoe trip up the Whanganui to learn about how tribal leaders are protecting it. Taroi Black has more.

[@darcynicholas234]

I am the river and the river is me, i flow from my ancestral mountains to the sea. Those are the words of my dear friend John Tahu. It is part of the ancient kahui Maunga story

[@ourpeople-g7r]

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[@Iam0.]

​@@ourpeople-g7rsound like clown

[@adriandabarber3996]

Didn't Maori kill off all the ancient mega fauna that sung it's songs through the forest over a million years? Didn't they burn off so much forest there are recordable ash layers in ice all over the world? Didn't they commit genocide on the moriori? Bro they basically performed war crimes on the land itself stop lying and pretending to be protectors! The spirits of new zealand haaaaaate the Maori! If you can't hear them maybe your ancestors too committed evil acts onto the land itself and the spirits won't talk to you. Man, people out here just lying now

[@Alex-it5ej]

I am the river the river is me... three waters multi millionaire...

[@Iam0.]

Wtf was that supposed to mean

[@adriandabarber3996]

@@Iam0. it means Maori owe a debt to the forest of nz and are suffering the curse of utu for the atrocities they performed on the forest, the animals, the rivers and all the people they harmed in this ancient forest. Disgusting group of hate filled liars

[@Juan-jm7sf]

The way this country is going luxon will be teaching Te reo Tudors maori... Whats in place for the next generation Hana!!!!!... Because theres a massive generation already thats killing themselves due to what?? And why?? Me tika to tonu

[@bazw255]

what a lot of bullshit