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

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

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

Mount Taranaki joins Te Urewera, a vast native forest on the North Island, and the Whanganui River in being recognised as ...

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, ...

Colonisers of New Zealand in the 18th and 19th centuries took the mountain from the tribes after British explorer Captain James Cook spotted the peak from his ship and renamed it Mount Egmont.

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 ...