Addressing past wrongs, the New Zealand government has officially given the 2,500m volcano on the North Island the same ...

New Zealand has just granted legal personhood to a culturally and environmentally significant mountain. Here's what to know ...

Mount Taranaki in New Zealand is legally a person, enjoying all the rights and responsibilities of a human being. The move places the mountain back into the hands of the Māori tribe, who see the ...

By Kristine Sabillo New Zealand has formally granted a mountain legal personhood for the first time, recognizing not only its ...

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

FILE - New Zealand's Mount Taranaki, also known as Mount Egmont ... in 2014 granted personhood to Te Urewera, a vast native forest on the North Island. Government ownership ceased and the tribe ...

Mount Taranaki — now known as Taranaki Maunga, its Māori name — is the latest natural feature to be granted personhood in New Zealand ... a vast native forest on the North Island.

31 (UPI) --The New Zealand government granted Mount Taranaki the same legal rights ... to the natural features of the Te Urewera scared forest on North Island in 2014, the first country to ever ...

Mount Taranaki joins Te Urewera, a vast native forest on the North Island, and the Whanganui River in being recognised as ...

Mount Taranaki — now known as Taranaki Maunga, its Māori name — is the latest natural feature to be granted personhood in New Zealand ... a vast native forest on the North Island.