Addressing past wrongs, the New Zealand government has officially given the 2,500m volcano on the North Island the same ...

New Zealand grants legal personhood to Mount Taranaki (Taranaki Maunga), recognizing its Māori status and promoting ...

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

The 2,500m-high dormant volcano on the country’s North Island ... The recognition of Mount Taranaki’s personhood comes after thousands marched in New Zealand’s capital in November 2024 ...

The mountain, which is sacred to the indigenous Maori people, will now have its own legal identity. This means it will be ...

Mount Taranaki is a sacred site for the Māori people, particularly the local iwi (tribes) who have long regarded the volcano ...

A mountain in New Zealand is considered to be an ancestor by Indigenous people and has been recognized as a legal person. A new law granted it all the rights and responsibilities of a human being. HPR ...

They detected these reservoirs below Mount Rainier, Mount St. Helens, Mount Hood, Newberry Volcano, Crater Lake and Lassen Peak. Three Sisters and Mount Shasta did not show similar patterns ...