In 2017, New Zealand recognized the Whanganui River as human, as part of a settlement with its local iwi. FILE - Clouds are reflected in the Whanganui River at the town of Whanganui, New Zealand ...

A New Zealand mountain is granted personhood, recognizing it as sacred for Māori ... In 2017, New Zealand recognized the Whanganui River as human, as part of a settlement with its local iwi.

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 ...

In 2017, New Zealand recognized the Whanganui River as human, as part of a settlement with its local iwi. The bill recognizing the mountain's personhood was affirmed unanimously by Parliament's ...

In 2017, New Zealand recognised the Whanganui River as human, as part of a settlement with its local iwi. The bill recognizing the mountain's personhood was affirmed unanimously by Parliament's ...

Mount Taranaki — now known as Taranaki Maunga, its Māori name — is the latest natural feature to be granted personhood in New Zealand, which has ruled that a river and a stretch of sacred ...

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 ...

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