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

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

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 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 responsibilities of a human being.

Mt. Taranaki and its surrounding national park will enjoy all the rights and responsibilities of a person under a recent law ...

A mountain in New Zealand – seen as an ancestor by the country’s indigenous Maori people – is now legally considered a person. The Bill gives local tribes more say in maintaining the ...

A New Zealand mountain has been granted personhood by parliament after years of almost a decade of settlement negotiations, local media announced Friday. Mount Taranaki — now known as Taranaki ...

A mountain in New Zealand is considered to be an ancestor by Indigenous people and has been recognized as a legal person. A new law granted it all the rights and responsibilities of a human being. HPR ...

Māori people celebrated on Friday as Mount Taranki in New Zealand officially became a person and, with that, was renamed ...

By granting Mount Taranaki legal personhood, the law now recognizes the mountain as capable of holding rights and being the subject of legal duties. This could set a precedent for other natural ...