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

The volcano “is released from the shackles — the shackles of injustice, of ignorance, of hate,” an official said ...

A settlement under which a New Zealand mountain has been granted the same legal right as a person has become law after years ...

The New Zealand government has granted Mount Taranaki personhood on Thursday, giving it the same legal rights as a person ...

New Zealand's Mount Taranaki, now known as Taranaki Maunga, has been granted the same legal rights as a person, recognizing ...

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 ...

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

A New Zealand mountain has been granted legal rights similar to those of a person.This action came after years of negotiation ...

Mount Taranaki — now known as Taranaki Maunga, its Māori name — is considered an ancestor by Indigenous people. The snow-capped dormant volcano is the second highest on New Zealand’s North ...

Mount Taranaki — now known as Taranaki Maunga, its Māori name — is considered an ancestor by Indigenous people. The snow-capped dormant volcano is the second highest on New Zealand’s North ...

Mount Taranaki joins Te Urewera, a vast native forest on the North Island, and the Whanganui River in being recognised as ...

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