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

The New Zealand government has granted Mount Taranaki personhood on Thursday, giving it the same legal rights as a person ...

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

A settlement under which a New Zealand mountain has been granted the same legal right as a person has become law after years ...

Mount Taranaki joins Te Urewera, a vast native forest on the North Island, and the Whanganui River in being recognised as ...

Mount Taranaki has become the third natural feature in New Zealand to be bestowed with an individual status, after Te Urewera National Park and Whanganui River.