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.
Taranaki Maunga has a new name and now legal personhood, but there's a lot more fascinating detail in the new law than that.
The Associated Press on MSN7d
New Zealand grants a mountain personhood, recognizing Taranaki Maunga as sacred to the Indigenous Māori peopleThe legal recognition acknowledges the mountain's theft from the Māori of the Taranaki region after New Zealand was colonized ...
ExplorersWeb on MSN4d
New Zealand's Mount Taranaki Granted PersonhoodAddressing past wrongs, the New Zealand government has officially given the 2,500m volcano on the North Island the same ...
Soap Central on MSN6d
Why was New Zealand Mountain granted personhood? Mount Taranaki granted legal rights as a personMount Taranaki in New Zealand became a legal person, signaling a significant change in the nation's policy towards indigenous rights and the environment.
The New Zealand government has granted Mount Taranaki personhood on Thursday, giving it the same legal rights as a person ...
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 ... a law passed in 2014 granted personhood to Te Urewera, a vast native forest on the North Island. Government ownership ceased and the tribe ...
Mt. Taranaki and its surrounding national park will enjoy all the rights and responsibilities of a person under a recent law ...
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