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

Mount Taranaki in New Zealand is legally a person, enjoying all the rights and responsibilities of a human being. The move ...

The park and its contents will be vested as a legal person, its peaks will be named Te Kāhui Tupua - so the park will ...

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 ...

Mount Taranaki in New Zealand became a legal person, signaling a significant change in the nation's policy towards indigenous ...

In 1770, the British explorer Captain James Cook spotted the peak from his ship and named it Mount Egmont. In 1840, Māori tribes and representatives of the British crown signed the Treaty of ...

A man takes a picture of his wife with Mount Taranaki, also known as Mount Egmont, in the background on Sept. 26, 2011, in New Plymouth, New Zealand. Associated Press file photo WELLINGTON, ...

also known as Mount Egmont, in the background in New Plymouth, New Zealand, Sept. 26, 2011 (AP2011) “The mountain has long been an honored ancestor, a source of physical, cultural and spiritual ...

In 1770, the British explorer Captain James Cook spotted the peak from his ship and named it Mount Egmont. In 1840, Māori tribes and representatives of the British crown signed the Treaty of ...