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 ...
Mount Taranaki — now known as Taranaki Maunga, its Maori name — is the latest natural feature to be granted personhood in New Zealand, which has ruled that a river and a stretch of sacred land ...
Mount Taranaki — now known as Taranaki Maunga, its Maori name — is the latest natural feature to be granted personhood in New Zealand, which has ruled that a river and a stretch of sacred land ...
Mount Taranaki, now known by its Maori name Taranaki Maunga, in New Zealand has achieved a human status. While it may sound impossible, the dormant volcano has been granted legal rights and ...
A mountain in New Zealand has been recognized as a legal person after a new law granted it all the rights and responsibilities of a human being. Mount Taranaki - now known as Taranaki Maunga, its ...
The new law offers extra protection for Mount Taranaki - now known as Taranaki Maunga, its Maori name - and means it has all the rights, powers, duties and responsibilities of a person.
Mount Taranaki – now known as Taranaki Maunga, its Maori name – is the third natural feature to be granted personhood in the country, following the Urewera Forest in 2014 and the Whanganui ...
Mount Taranaki – now known as Taranaki Maunga, its Maori name – is considered an ancestral being by indigenous people. The pristine, snow-capped dormant volcano is the second highest on New ...