A mountain in New Zealand considered an ancestor by Indigenous people was recognized as a legal person on Thursday after a new law granted it all the rights and responsibilities of a human being.

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

A mountain in New Zealand is now legally recognised as a person after being granted all the rights and responsibilities of a ...

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

Mount Taranaki, a mountain in New Zealand considered an ancestor by Indigenous people, was recognized as a legal person after ...

After the native forest Te Urewera and Whanganui River, New Zealand has now granted legal rights to a mountain. Mount ...

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

A mountain in New Zealand considered an ancestor by Indigenous people was recognised as a legal person on Thursday after a ...