KO AU TE AWA, KO TE AWA KO AU – I AM THE RIVER, THE RIVER IS ME

The Whanganui River is the first river in the world to be recognised as a legal person, as a living adult indivisible being. 

Māori river guardian Ned Tapa invites a First Nations Elder from Australia and his daughter, who are activists to saving their own dying river back home, on a five-day canoe trip down this sacred river. Both mirror and inspiration, the river unites all the travellers organically, where everyone has a voice to share stories of humour and light, and a space to heal from the darkness of the past, of enduring historical injustice. 

As part of People + Water Series.