A forest, a river, and a mountain in New Zealand have something unusual in common—they're all legally people. Taranaki Maunga, the second-highest mountain in New Zealand, was granted legal personhood ...

A mountain in New Zealand considered an ancestor by Indigenous people was recognized as a legal person on Thursday after a ...

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.

The odd move makes Taranaki Maunga "a living and indivisible whole" with the full right and powers of a human.

The mountain had been captured by colonisers in the 18th and 19th century after Brit explorer Captain James Cook spotted the peak from his ship and renamed it Mount Egmont. In 1840, Maori tribes ...

In 1770, the British explorer Captain James Cook spotted the peak from his ship and named it Mount Egmont. In 1840, Maori tribes and representatives of the British crown signed the Treaty of ...

In 1770, the British explorer Captain James Cook spotted the peak from his ship and named it Mount Egmont. In 1840, Maori tribes and representatives of the British crown signed the Treaty of ...