A New Zealand mountain has been legally recognised as a person as part of an agreement between the government and Maori tribes.

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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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New Zealand's Mt Taranaki, also known as Taranaki Maunga, has been granted the same legal rights as a person under a new law ...

The mountain is the third natural feature in New Zealand to be conferred personhood. Read more at straitstimes.com.

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As told by New Zealand, rivers and forests are legitimate human ancestors. The country’s most recent conferral of personhood ...

The legal recognition acknowledges the mountain’s theft from the Māori of the Taranaki region after New Zealand was colonized ...

Addressing past wrongs, the New Zealand government has officially given the 2,500m volcano on the North Island the same ...

A New Zealand mountain has been granted the same legal rights as a person under a landmark settlement recognising its ...

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.