The legal recognition acknowledges the mountain's theft from the Māori of the Taranaki region after New Zealand was colonized ...

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

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 ...

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

For those who thought 2025 was going to be just another year, New Zealand had other plans for its mountains. In a move that left the internet equal parts confused, amused, and existentially troubled, ...

The mountain is the third natural feature in New Zealand to be conferred personhood. Read more at straitstimes.com.

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

As told by New Zealand, rivers and forests are legitimate human ancestors. The country’s most recent conferral of personhood ...

Taranaki Maunga is an honored ancestor to the Maori, something the New Zealand government has cemented with this designation.

Mount Taranaki has been granted the same legal rights as a human in a bid to uphold its health and protect the wildlife that ...

Mount Taranaki has become the third natural feature in New Zealand to be bestowed with an individual status, after Te Urewera National Park and Whanganui River.

A New Zealand mountain has been granted the same legal rights as a person under a landmark settlement recognising its ...