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

Taranaki Maunga is an honored ancestor to the Maori, something the New Zealand government has cemented with this designation.

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

The bill's architect, David Seymour, met with protests at Waitangi marae — a Māori meeting house — during speeches by ...

The odd move makes Taranaki Maunga "a living and indivisible whole" with the full right and powers of a human.

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

New Zealand has just been through the annual bout of anguished breast-beating that marks the anniversary of the 1840 Treaty ...

Thousands gathered across New Zealand yesterday to celebrate the signing of the country’s founding document and some called ...

Parliament grants Taranaki Maunga personhood, as law recognising injustices done to Maori people during colonisation is ...

Mount Taranaki – now known as Taranaki Maunga, its Maori name – is the second highest peak on New Zealand’s North Island.

The mountain is considered an ancestor by the indigenous Maori people. The country's parliament unanimously passed the decision, making it the third natural feature in New Zealand to be granted such ...