Mount Taranaki in New Zealand became a legal person, signaling a significant change in the nation's policy towards indigenous ...

The legal recognition acknowledges the mountain's theft from the Māori of the Taranaki region after New Zealand was colonized ...

Mount Taranaki is considered sacred and an ancestor of the local Māori people A settlement under which a New Zealand mountain ...

Mount Taranaki has become the third natural feature in New Zealand to be bestowed with an individual status, after Te Urewera National Park and Whanganui River.

The New Zealand government has granted Mount Taranaki personhood on Thursday, giving it the same legal rights as a person ...

The volcano “is released from the shackles — the shackles of injustice, of ignorance, of hate,” an official said ...

Mount Taranaki joins Te Urewera, a vast native forest on the North Island, and the Whanganui River in being recognised as ...

After the native forest Te Urewera and Whanganui River, New Zealand has now granted legal rights to a mountain. Mount ...

New Zealand's Mount Taranaki, now known as Taranaki Maunga, has been granted the same legal rights as a person, recognizing ...

A New Zealand mountain has been granted legal rights similar to those of a person.This action came after years of negotiation ...

Taranaki Maunga, formerly known as Mount Taranaki, is the latest natural feature in New Zealand to be granted legal ...

A mountain in New Zealand has been granted the same legal rights as a person, becoming the third natural feature in the ...