The New Zealand government has granted Mount Taranaki personhood on Thursday, giving it the same legal rights as a person ...
Mount Taranaki in New Zealand became a legal person, signaling a significant change in the nation's policy towards indigenous rights and the environment.
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The legal recognition acknowledges the mountain’s theft from the Māori of the Taranaki region after New Zealand was colonized ...
A settlement under which a New Zealand mountain has been granted the same legal right as a person has become law after years of negotiations. It means Taranaki Maunga [Mt Taranaki] will effectively ...
The odd move makes Taranaki Maunga "a living and indivisible whole" with the full right and powers of a human.
The story of Taranaki Maunga is intertwined with the history of colonization in New Zealand. Captain James Cook, the British explorer, renamed the peak Mount Egmont when he first sighted it in 1770.