Mountain granted legal personhood. New Zealand has officially conferred legal personhood on a mountain for the first time, ...

By Kristine Sabillo New Zealand has formally granted a mountain legal personhood for the first time, recognizing not only its ...

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

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Taranaki Maunga, known by New Zealand's non-Maori population as Mount Taranaki, has been recognized by the country's government as a legal person. This confers all the rights and responsibilities that ...

The granting of legal person rights for the landmark means that it cannot be harmed and must be treated with the utmost respect. The same legal protection was given to Te Urewara in 2014 and the ...

Taranaki lead negotiator Jamie Tuuta, who watched proceedings from the public gallery, said today was an important day for the iwi “as the recognition of our maunga as a legal person ...