open image in gallery A man takes a picture of his wife with Mount Taranaki, also known as Mount Egmont, in the background in New Plymouth, New Zealand, Sept. 26, 2011 (AP2011) “The mountain has ...

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

Yet colonizers of New Zealand in the 18th and 19th centuries took first the name of Taranaki and then the mountain itself. In 1770, the British explorer, Captain James Cook, spotted the peak from his ...

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

Mount Taranaki in New Zealand is legally a person, enjoying all the rights and responsibilities of a human being. The move ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A mountain ... of Taranaki and then the mountain itself. In 1770, the British explorer Captain James Cook spotted the peak from his ship and named it Mount Egmont.

A man takes a picture of his wife with Mount Taranaki, also known as Mount Egmont, in the background on Sept. 26, 2011, in New Plymouth, New Zealand. Associated Press file photo WELLINGTON, ...

Radio New Zealand reported that the settlement acknowledges the British Crown’s 1865 confiscation of the mountain and nearly ...

31 (UPI) --The New Zealand government granted Mount Taranaki the same legal rights ... It will no longer be referred to as Egmont, the name British explorer James Cook gave it in the 18th century.

Mount Taranaki joins Te Urewera ... Captain James Cook spotted the peak from his ship and renamed it Mount Egmont. In 1840, Maori tribes and representatives of the British crown signed the ...