The Associated Press on MSN12d
New Zealand grants a mountain personhood, recognizing Taranaki Maunga as sacred to the Indigenous Māori people
The legal recognition acknowledges the mountain's theft from the Māori of the Taranaki region after New Zealand was colonized ...
Altoona Mirror13d
Mount Taranaki granted legal rights of personhood
hiking and snow sports. The legal recognition acknowledges the mountain’s theft from the Maori of the Taranaki region after New Zealand was colonized. It fulfills an agreement of redress from ...
FOX8 Cleveland12d
New Zealand mountain granted personhood
hiking and snow sports. FILE – New Zealand’s Mount Taranaki, also known as Mount Egmont, has a warm glow lighting the snow peak, June 12, 2011. (AP Photo/David Frampton, File) The legal ...
NBC Los Angeles12d
A New Zealand mountain is granted personhood, recognizing it as sacred for Māori
hiking and snow sports. The legal recognition acknowledges the mountain’s theft from the Māori of the Taranaki region after New Zealand was colonized. It fulfills an agreement of redress from ...
The Daily Telegraph12d
New Zealand mountain gets same legal rights as a person
From now on Taranaki Maunga will now be co-managed by representatives of local tribes, called iwi, and the government, but access to the mountain – which is a popular hiking and skiing spot ...