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

AS my pebble hits the water, ripples fan out, ­disturbing the reflected scene of snow-dusted mountain tops. If it weren’t for ...

Standing at 2,518 meters (8,261 feet), the mountain is located on New Zealand's North Island, and is a dormant volcano ...

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

Parliament grants Taranaki Maunga personhood, as law recognising injustices done to Maori people during colonisation is ...

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

A mountain in New Zealand has been granted the same legal rights as a person, becoming the third natural feature in the ...

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 ...

New Zealand's Mount Taranaki, now officially recognized as Taranaki Maunga, has been granted legal personhood, acknowledging ...

hiking and snow sports. Advertisement Article continues below this ad The legal recognition acknowledges the mountain’s theft from the Māori of the Taranaki region after New Zealand was colonized.