Mount Taranaki in New Zealand became a legal person, signaling a significant change in the nation's policy towards indigenous rights and the environment.

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

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

The New Zealand government has granted Mount Taranaki personhood on Thursday, giving it the same legal rights as a person ...

The decision recognizes the tribes’ success in building a wild, free-ranging bison herd on their reservation using a sustainable management plan.

A mountain in New Zealand is now officially recognised as a human. Considered an ancestor by Indigenous people, the mountain ...