Mount Taranaki in New Zealand Is Legally Declared a Person
The volcano “is released from the shackles — the shackles of injustice, of ignorance, of hate,” an official said ...
New Zealand's Mount Taranaki is now legally a person
A mountain in New Zealand is now legally recognised as a person after being granted all the rights and responsibilities of a human by the government. The new law offers extra protection for Mount ...
Taranaki Maunga becomes a legal person as treaty settlement passes into law
The park and its contents will be vested as a legal person, its peaks will be named Te Kāhui Tupua - so the park will ...