Taranaki Maunga is an honored ancestor to the Maori, something the New Zealand government has cemented with this designation.

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

Mount Taranaki in New Zealand is legally a person, enjoying all the rights and responsibilities of a human being. The move ...

Addressing past wrongs, the New Zealand government has officially given the 2,500m volcano on the North Island the same ...

A mountain in New Zealand considered an ancestor by Indigenous people has been recognized as a legal person after a new law ...

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

New Zealand grants legal personhood to Mount Taranaki (Taranaki Maunga), recognizing its Māori status and promoting ...

As told by New Zealand, rivers and forests are legitimate human ancestors. The country’s most recent conferral of personhood ...

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

The park and its contents will be vested as a legal person, its peaks will be named Te Kāhui Tupua - so the park will ...

A man takes a picture of his wife with Mount Taranaki, also known as Mount Egmont, in the background on Sept. 26, 2011, in New Plymouth, New Zealand. Associated Press file photo WELLINGTON, ...

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.