New Zealand has officially recognized Mount Taranaki as a legal person. The 2,500m volcano on the west coast of the North Island now enjoys the same rights as a human being. The January 30 decision is ...

Jan. 31 (UPI) --The New Zealand government granted Mount Taranaki the same legal rights as a person after the country agreed to compensate its indigenous inhabitants for past colonization. The ...

A climber who plunged 600 meters (nearly 2,000 feet) down the side of one of New Zealand's most dangerous mountains was "exceptionally lucky" to survive after landing on snow, police said Monday. The ...

TARANAKI, New Zealand (WKRC) - A mountain has officially become a person. Mount Taranaki, an 8,261-foot stratovolcano, in New Zealand has been granted all the legal rights and responsibilities as a ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — A mountain in New Zealand considered an ancestor by indigenous people was recognized as a legal person on Thursday after a new law granted it all the rights and ...

A climber who fell 600m (1,969ft) down a mountain and sustained only minor injuries was deemed “exceptionally lucky to be alive” by authorities. The climber, whose name was not revealed by police, ...

A mountain in New Zealand has been recognized as a legal person after a new law granted it all the rights and responsibilities of a human being. Mount Taranaki - now known as Taranaki Maunga, its ...

MT TARANAKI is a life-size version of the model volcano you made in primary school: a perfectly symmetrical, 2518m-high cone with the top knocked off like a ready-to-eat hardboiled egg. All that's ...

New Zealand has formally granted a mountain legal personhood for the first time, recognizing not only its importance to Māori tribes but also paving the way for its future environmental protection.