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

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

The New Zealand government has granted Mount Taranaki personhood on Thursday, giving it the same legal rights as a person ...

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 ...

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 ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — 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 ...

Mount Taranaki is considered an ancestral being by indigenous people. In a landmark decision, New Zealand has granted Mount Taranaki, now officially known as Taranaki Maunga, the same legal rights ...

Mount Taranaki is officially a person. The volcano — known by its Māori name Taranaki Maunga — is no longer under the ownership of the New Zealand government as of Jan. 30, NBC News reported. It was ...

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

Almost a decade of settlement negotiations between the Crown and Taranaki formally concluded yesterday, when Parliament voted unanimously to pass a law that formally grants legal personhood to ...