kategenevieve<p><a href="https://assemblag.es/tags/Taranaki" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Taranaki</span></a> Maunga becomes a legal person.</p><p>“The Crown” give up the claim to own the mountain, & now share stewardship of the park with the region’s iwi, officially recognising the peaks as tupuna.</p><p>Te Pāti Māori co-leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer spoke of the mamae – the deep pain – felt around the muru raupatu - confiscation - quoting <a href="https://assemblag.es/tags/Parihaka" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Parihaka</span></a> leader Dr Ruakere Hond in Parliament:</p><p>“I tenei ra kua puta a Taranakii te herehere”</p><p>"Today Taranaki is freed from the shackles”</p><p><a href="https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/540431/taranaki-maunga-becomes-a-legal-person-as-treaty-settlement-passes-into-law" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">rnz.co.nz/news/national/540431</span><span class="invisible">/taranaki-maunga-becomes-a-legal-person-as-treaty-settlement-passes-into-law</span></a></p>