Abstract
In this chapter I first briefly outline the indigenous Maori concept of nature as an ancestor, with the correlative human responsibilities of guardianship for nature. I then describe the two examples where nature is being given legal personality in New Zealand law: that of the Whanganui River and of what was previously Te Urewera National Park, now simply called Te Urewera. I then offer some concluding observations and comments. This paper is a shorter summary of some longer papers I have written on this topic. It appeared in both book chapter and refereed journal article published in Sept 2015 by VertigO. This SSRN version is the 2014 author's draft of the final, published paper.
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