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

The mountain, which is sacred to the indigenous Maori people, will now have its own legal identity. This means it will be ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

After the native forest Te Urewera and Whanganui River, New Zealand has now granted legal rights to a mountain. Mount Taranaki, which will be known by its Māori name — Taranaki Maunga, has gotten all ...

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

A New Zealand mountain has been granted the same legal rights as a person under a landmark settlement recognising its ...

A New Zealand mountain has been legally recognised as a person as part of an agreement between the government and Maori tribes.