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 ...

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 responsibilities of a human being.

New Zealand has officially recognized Mount Taranaki as a legal person. The 2,500m volcano on the west coast of the North Island now enjoys the same rights as a human being. The January 30 decision is ...

Mount Taranaki is not the only natural feature to be granted personhood in New Zealand. Previously, a river and a forest were recognised as human beings. A mountain in New Zealand considered an ...

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 as ...

TARANAKI, New Zealand (WKRC) - A mountain has officially become a person. Mount Taranaki, an 8,261-foot stratovolcano, in New Zealand has been granted all the legal rights and responsibilities as a ...

Taranaki’s biodiversity efforts demonstrate that protecting Aotearoa’s ecological heritage is possible when local leadership ...

Taranaki is a region of unparalleled biodiversity, home to plants and animals found nowhere else on Earth. Across just two hundred and seventy thousand hectares, every ecosystem found in Aotearoa is ...

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. The ...

A climber who plunged 600 meters (nearly 2,000 feet) down the side of one of New Zealand's most dangerous mountains was "exceptionally lucky" to survive after landing on snow, police said Monday. The ...

Over the last 5000 years, Mount Taranaki volcano, located in the westernmost part of New Zealand's North Island, produced at least 16 Plinian-scale explosive eruptions, the latest at AD 1655. These ...