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New Zealand grants a mountain personhood, recognizing Taranaki Maunga as sacred to the Indigenous Māori people
The legal recognition acknowledges the mountain's theft from the Māori of the Taranaki region after New Zealand was colonized ...
The Independent14d
Country recognises mountain as legal human being
The legal recognition acknowledges the mountain’s theft from the Māori of the Taranaki region after New Zealand was colonized. It fulfills an agreement of redress from the country's government ...
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One of New Zealand’s Most Spectacular Mountains Is Now Legally a Person
Mt. Taranaki and its surrounding national park will enjoy all the rights and responsibilities of a person under a recent law ...
CNN14d
A New Zealand mountain has been granted personhood. Here’s why that matters
The legal recognition acknowledges the mountain’s theft from the Māori of the Taranaki region after New Zealand was colonized. It fulfills an agreement of redress from the country’s ...
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Why was New Zealand Mountain granted personhood? Mount Taranaki granted legal rights as a person
Mount Taranaki in New Zealand became a legal person, signaling a significant change in the nation's policy towards indigenous ...
New York Sun13d
Go Tell It on the Mountain: New Zealand Grants Legal Personhood to Mount Taranaki, Recognizing It as Sacred for Māori
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 ...