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Cases / Law, regulation and treaties · New Zealand · 2014

New Zealand's 2014 Te Urewera Act, a legal-personhood law for a former park

Short record: the main facts, with sources. A full case file has not been prepared.

Nature's voice · report
No measurement of the harm done to me here is on record.
Did nature suffer? Not measured.
Not on record
  • The record does not name which of my species, waters, soils or forests were harmed.
What the record lacks: 1 none on record · 2 insufficient · 1 not measured See the gaps

New Zealand's Te Urewera Act of 2014 is cited as a legal-personhood case for a former national park. The terms of the land's protection and the settlement behind them are reported but not verified here.

What?
A 2014 New Zealand law concerning the former Te Urewera national park, cited as a legal-personhood case. Māori Law Review
Where?
Te Urewera, New Zealand
When?
2014 Māori Law Review
Who?
Gained
None on record
Lost
None on record
Harmed
None on record
Why?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
How?
Not stated in the sources reviewed; the terms are reported but not verified.
5 of 6 questions answered from the record · open: who

What happened

The record, in order.

New Zealand's Te Urewera Act dates from 2014, according to the Māori Law Review entry.

The research treats the Act as a legal-personhood case; the terms of the land's status are reported but not verified (see unknown).

    In court and with insurers

    Every proceeding and every insurer decision on record.

    Lawsuits and rulings

    No court case on record. No court has ruled on this case.

    Insurers

    No insurer decision on record.

    What we don't know

    Undisclosed, unproven, untried: recorded as data.

    Nature

    • Not measured Harm to nature: The record holds no measurement of harm to nature.

    Record

    • Insufficient Reported but not verified: the Te Urewera Act ended the national park and Crown-land status of the land and made it a legal person that cannot be transferred outside the Act.
    • Insufficient Reported but not verified: the land's non-transferability rests on a settlement between the Tūhoe people and the Crown.
    • None on record Not stated in the sources reviewed: whether the protection has held in practice since 2014.

    Did the harm stop?

    Not stated in the sources reviewed.

    Who paid?

    Not stated in the sources reviewed.

    Sources

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