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

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 is legally a person, enjoying all the rights and responsibilities of a human being. The move ...

FILE – A man takes a picture of his wife with Mount Taranaki, also known as Mount Egmont, in the background in New Plymouth, New Zealand, Sept. 26, 2011. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara, File ...

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 ...

Jan. 31 (UPI) --The New Zealand government granted Mount Taranaki the same legal rights as a person after the country agreed to compensate its indigenous inhabitants for past colonization.

In New Plymouth District Court this week, Judge Gregory Hikaka accepted the Taranaki man was remorseful and had faced genuine consequences for his actions, such as losing his career as an educator ...

The more than two decades-long naming rights deal at Yarrow Stadium in New Plymouth is coming to an end.

A mountain in New Zealand has been granted the same legal ... during colonisation was passed unopposed in parliament. Mount Taranaki – now known as Taranaki Maunga, its Maori name – is the ...

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

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