The second-highest mountain in New Zealand has been granted ‘personhood’ by the NZ parliament because it is regarded as the ...

Mount Taranaki receives legal rights as a person in groundbreaking agreement with Indigenous Māori, marking end to ...

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

Taranaki Maunga, a revered mountain in New Zealand, has been legally recognized as a person, entitled to the rights and responsibilities of a human being, following a new law passed by the government.

Mount Taranaki — now known as Taranaki Maunga, its Māori name — is the latest natural feature to be granted personhood in New Zealand.

The second-highest mountain on New Zealand’s North Island, Taranaki Maunga (Mountain), has been given the same legal rights as a human. Credits: Dave Young, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Taranaki ...

File Photo/AP A mountain in New Zealand will have the same legal rights as a person. Mount Taranaki, now known by its Māori name — Taranaki Maunga, was recognised as a legal person on Thursday ...

Mount Taranaki — now known as Taranaki Maunga, its Maori 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 ...

Mount Taranaki, now officially known as Taranaki Maunga, has been granted the same legal rights as a human by the New Zealand government. This historic decision aligns with a global movement ...

Taranaki Maunga made the very ground we stand on, the land we live from. Drawing clouds close he brings our water: his snow and ice, his once-glorious awa. The reefs he flung out shape our waves ...

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 ...

Taranaki Maunga, formerly known as Mount Taranaki, is the latest natural feature in New Zealand to be granted legal personhood, following the Whanganui River (Te Awa Tupua) and Te Urewera National ...