By Kristine Sabillo New Zealand has formally granted a mountain legal personhood for the first time, recognizing not only its ...

New Zealand has just granted legal personhood to a culturally and environmentally significant mountain. Here's what to know ...

A mountain in New Zealand – seen as an ancestor by the country’s indigenous Maori people – is now legally considered a person. The Bill gives local tribes more say in maintaining the ...

A New Zealand mountain has been granted personhood by parliament after years of almost a decade of settlement negotiations, local media announced Friday. Mount Taranaki — now known as Taranaki ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — A mountain in New Zealand considered an ancestor by Indigenous people was recognized as a legal person on Thursday after a new law granted it all the rights and ...

A 8,200ft mountain has now been recognised as a person in a bizarre move by New Zealand. The country's government recognised Mount Taranaki - now known by its Maori name, Taranaki Maunga - after ...

A mountain in New Zealand considered an ancestor by Indigenous people was recognized as a legal person on Thursday after a new law granted it all the rights and responsibilities of a human being.

But colonizers of New Zealand in the 18th and 19th centuries took first the name of Taranaki and then the mountain itself. In 1770, the British explorer Captain James Cook spotted the peak from ...

snow-capped dormant volcano is the second highest on New Zealand's North Island at 8,261ft and a popular spot for tourism, hiking and snow sports. It comes alongside a move to rename the mountain ...