New Zealand's Mount Taranaki, now known as Taranaki Maunga, has been granted the same legal rights as a person, recognizing its spiritual significance to the indigenous Maori people.

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

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

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, ...

The New Zealand government has granted Mount Taranaki personhood on Thursday, giving it the same legal rights as a person after the country agreed to compensate its indigenous inhabitants for past ...

Mount Taranaki — now known as Taranaki Maunga, its Māori name — is the latest natural feature to be granted personhood in New Zealand, which has ruled that a river and a stretch of sacred land are ...

Mount Taranaki — now known as Taranaki Maunga, its Māori name — is the latest natural feature to be granted personhood in New Zealand, which has ruled that a river and a stretch of sacred ...

Mount Taranaki joins Te Urewera, a vast native forest on the North Island, and the Whanganui River in being recognised as people under New Zealand's laws. A mountain in New Zealand is now legally ...

Mount Taranaki is officially a person. The volcano — known by its Māori name Taranaki Maunga — is no longer under the ownership of the New Zealand government as of Jan. 30, NBC News reported. It was ...