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 ...

New Zealand grants legal personhood to Mount Taranaki (Taranaki Maunga), recognizing its Māori status and promoting ...

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

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

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.

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

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

New Zealand passed a landmark law granting Mount Taranaki the status of a legal person, in a move that recognizes its cultural significance to Māori iwi (people) as a sacred ancestor on Thursday.

A New Zealand mountain has been granted legal rights similar to those of a person.This action came after years of negotiation ...

The park and its contents will be vested as a legal person, its peaks will be named Te Kāhui Tupua - so the park will ...

In a groundbreaking move that underscores the growing recognition of Indigenous rights and environmental stewardship, New Zealand has granted legal personhood to Mount Taranaki, now officially ...