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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A mountain in New Zealand has been granted the same legal rights as a person, becoming the third natural feature in the ...

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

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 ...

Thousands gathered across New Zealand on Thursday (Feb 6) to celebrate the signing of the country's founding document and ...