The mountain is the third natural feature in New Zealand to be conferred personhood. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The volcano “is released from the shackles — the shackles of injustice, of ignorance, of hate,” an official said ...

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

An Auckland eruption would likely send slow-moving rivers of lava flowing through the city – so scientists have been looking ...

Standing at 2,518 meters (8,261 feet), the mountain is located on New Zealand's North Island, and is a dormant volcano ...

While the chances of a major eruption here are low, lava could flow for hundreds of metres to several kilometres in Auckland.

Move over, humans—New Zealand's iconic Taranaki Mounga just got the same legal rights as you! In a groundbreaking move, the ...

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

Parliament grants Taranaki Maunga personhood, as law recognising injustices done to Maori people during colonisation is ...

A mountain in New Zealand considered an ancestor by Indigenous people has been recognised as a legal person after a new law ...

The volcano — known by its Māori name Taranaki Maunga — is no longer under the ownership of the New Zealand government as of Jan. 30, NBC News reported. It was granted all the legal rights ...