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 ...

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 ...

The volcano — known by its Māori name Taranaki Maunga — is no longer under the ownership of the New Zealand government as of Jan. 30, NBC News reported. It was granted all the legal rights ...

Mount Taranaki is not the only natural feature to be granted personhood in New Zealand. Previously, a river and a forest were recognised as human beings. A mountain in New Zealand considered an ...

Mount Taranaki, now known by its Maori name Taranaki Maunga, in New Zealand has achieved a human status. While it may sound impossible, the dormant volcano has been granted legal rights and ...

Video / NZ Herald Almost a decade of settlement negotiations between the Crown and Taranaki formally concluded yesterday, when Parliament voted unanimously to pass a law that formally grants legal ...

Move over, humans—New Zealand's iconic Taranaki Mounga just got the same legal rights as you! In a groundbreaking move, the country's parliament has officially granted legal personhood to this ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — 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 ...