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Should a river have the same legal rights as a person? Here's the case for giving nature legal rights.

Published 25 February 2020, 5:26 am
New Zealand's Whanganui River is, legally speaking, a person, with the same rights or you or me. Alice Matthews investigates the case for giving nature legal rights, and what those rights really mean.
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