Mt. Taranaki and its surrounding national park will enjoy all the rights and responsibilities of a person under a recent law ...

The legal recognition acknowledges the mountain’s theft from the Māori of the Taranaki region after New Zealand was colonized ...

The New Zealand ... Maunga, a mountain that was recently given rights to be recognized as a legal person. At 2,518 meters (8,261 feet) it is the North Island's second-highest mountain and revered ...

The second-highest mountain on New Zealand's North Island, Taranaki Maunga (Mountain), has been given the same legal rights as a human.

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — A mountain in New Zealand considered an ... The snow-capped dormant volcano is the second-highest peak on New Zealand’s North Island at 8,261 feet and a popular ...

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 mountain in New Zealand is considered to be an ancestor by Indigenous people and has been recognized as a legal person. A new law granted it all the rights and responsibilities of a human being. HPR ...

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 (AP) — A mountain in New Zealand considered ... The pristine, snow-capped dormant volcano is the second highest on New Zealand’s North Island at 2,518 meters (8,261 ...