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

The mountain is the third natural feature in New Zealand to be conferred personhood. Read more at straitstimes.com.

WELLINGTON (Reuters) - Thousands gathered across New Zealand on Thursday to celebrate the signing of the country’s founding ...

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

Taranaki Maunga, formerly known as Mount Taranaki, is the latest natural feature in New Zealand to be granted legal ...

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

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

NEW ZEALAND, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) have officially launched the “Indigenous Women and Girls-Leadership and ...

A New Zealand mountain has been granted personhood ... its Māori name – has long been considered an ancestor by Indigenous people, according to NPR, and now has “all the rights and ...

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

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