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.

Northland through the Hawke’s Bay and Waikato signed He Whakaputanga o te Rangatiratanga o Nu Tireni, or, the Declaration of ...

A mountain in New Zealand is now legally recognised as a person after being granted all the rights and responsibilities of a ...

Taranaki Maunga, a mountain in New Zealand, has been recognized as a legal person, with rights and responsibilities like a human. This move redresses past injustices against Maori, acknowledging the ...

Mount Taranaki — now known as Taranaki Maunga, its Māori name — is the latest natural feature to be granted personhood in New ...

Parliament grants Taranaki Maunga personhood, as law recognising injustices done to Maori people during colonisation is ...

The decision will offer reparations to the Maori communities living in the Taranaki region, acknowledging the injustices they ...

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