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

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 ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — 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 ...

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

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A mountain in New Zealand considered an ancestor by Indigenous people was recognised as a legal person on Thursday after a new law granted it all the rights and responsibilities of a human being.

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

Taranaki Maunga has a new name and now legal personhood, but there's a lot more fascinating detail in the new law than that.

Radio New Zealand reported that the settlement acknowledges the British Crown’s 1865 confiscation of the mountain and nearly ...

A dry start to summer has led to temporary water restrictions in South Taranaki. The South Taranaki District Council has announced restrictions will be in place from January 18. “We are now in ...

Hobo did some of her training at Wilkies Pools on Taranaki Maunga and in streams in the central North Island, and said it took a certain kind of person to tackle ice swimming. "I think a common ...