A mountain in New Zealand will now have the rights of a human being under legislation to be passed ... responsibility to caretake the mountain range. The Crown had previously agreed to share ...

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

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 8,200ft mountain has now been recognised as a person in a bizarre move by New Zealand. The country's government ... culture and rights be recognised under law. Local tribes were handed billions ...

A settlement under which a New Zealand mountain has been granted the same legal right as a person has become law after years of negotiations. It means Taranaki Maunga [Mt Taranaki] will ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand ... of the mountain, the law says, with four members from local Maori iwi, or tribes, and four members appointed by the country’s conservation minister. Under the ...

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 ...