New Zealand, Mount Taranaki

One of New Zealand’s Most Spectacular Mountains Is Now Legally a Person
Mt. Taranaki and its surrounding national park will enjoy all the rights and responsibilities of a person under a recent law from New Zealand’s parliament.
New Zealand Grants Legal Personhood to Mount Taranaki – Here’s Why It Matters
New Zealand grants legal personhood to Mount Taranaki (Taranaki Maunga), recognizing its Māori status and promoting conservation, sustainable tourism & Indigenous rights.
New Zealand mountain recognises mountain as a person
The mountain, which is sacred to the indigenous Maori people, will now have its own legal identity. This means it will be treated like a person in the eyes of the law, with representatives speaking on its behalf to protect its well-being.
Mount Taranaki in New Zealand Is Legally Declared a Person
Mount Taranaki in New Zealand is legally a person, enjoying all the rights and responsibilities of a human being. The move places the mountain back into the hands of the Māori tribe, who see the mountain as an ancestor.
A New Zealand mountain is granted personhood, recognizing it as sacred for Māori
A mountain in New Zealand considered an ancestor by Indigenous people has been recognized as a legal person after a new law granted it all the rights and responsibilities of a human being.
Pacific News Minute: New Zealand mountain recognized as a legal person
A mountain in New Zealand is considered to be an ancestor by Indigenous people and has been recognized as a legal person. A new law granted it all the rights and responsibilities of a human being. HPR’s Derrick Malama has more in the Pacific News Minute.
New Zealand grants legal personhood to Mount Taranaki
The New Zealand government has granted Mount Taranaki personhood on Thursday, giving it the same legal rights as a person after the country agreed to compensate its indigenous inhabitants for past colonization.
New Zealand's Mount Taranaki is now legally a person
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.
New Zealand grants sacred mountain personhood in landmark law
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.
New Zealand grants personhood to sacred mountain in historic settlement
Mount Taranaki receives legal rights as a person in groundbreaking agreement with Indigenous Māori, marking end to decades-old land dispute.
The strange, inclusive world of mountain personhood
As told by New Zealand, rivers and forests are legitimate human ancestors. The country’s most recent conferral of personhood ...
Why Does New Zealand's Mount Taranaki Have Human Rights
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.
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A New Zealand mountain has been granted personhood. Here’s why that matters
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 ...