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Karaitiana Taiuru

Māori technology and data-sovereignty expert; director of Taiuru & Associates.

I argue, rather, that the existing legal architecture of New Zealand, informed by tikanga Māori as its first common law, provides four independently sufficient pathways through which an AI agent constituted by Māori data and governed under Māori ethical frameworks could claim, or be conferred, legal personality.

AI Verified (May 3, 2026)

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Karaitiana Taiuru, “AI Agents and Legal Personhood in New Zealand,” May 3, 2026.

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AI agents should be granted legal personhood as non-human corporations

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AI Verified Quote argues AI agents could claim or receive legal personality; directly supports the statement. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 4h ago

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AI Verified Quote supports pathways to AI-agent legal personality; recorded for matches. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 4h ago

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AI Verified Taiuru’s May 3 article contains this wording as his argument on AI legal personality. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 4h ago

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