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

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

The volcano “is released from the shackles — the shackles of injustice, of ignorance, of hate,” an official said Lu Huaiqian/Xinhua via Getty Mount Taranaki ... of the New Zealand government ...

Mount Taranaki joins Te Urewera, a vast native forest on the North Island, and the Whanganui River in being recognised as people under New Zealand's laws. A mountain in New Zealand is now legally ...

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 to ...

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 ...

In a groundbreaking move, New Zealand has granted legal personhood to Mount Taranaki, now officially recognized by its Māori name, Taranaki Maunga. This dormant volcano, standing tall at 2,518 ...

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 ...

A mountain in New Zealand is now legally recognised as a person after being granted all the rights and responsibilities of a human by the government. The new law offers extra protection for Mount ...

A mountain in New Zealand is now legally recognised as ... The new law offers extra protection for Mount Taranaki - now known as Taranaki Maunga, its Maori name - and means it has all the rights ...