On Tongariro where the spring lives, the name is Te Awa o Ruatpiua. We don't not recognise this deal between the awa mouth people and their Pakeha partners. Ruatipua is in our whakapapa and korero. Awatipua is a new name.
There are at least 200 rivers in New Zealand that have not been granted the rights of humans. This is nothing less than despicable river-racism. We demand human rights for all New Zealand rivers, now! New Zealand rivers, today; the rivers of the world tomorrow! Creeks? Minority rights for creeks, now! While on this-- How about lakes and ponds that cannot run like the rivers? Human, disability, affirmative action and voting rights for lakes and ponds of the world, now!
