New Zealand grants a mountain personhood, recognizing Taranaki Maunga as sacred to the Indigenous Māori people
The legal recognition acknowledges the mountain's theft from the Māori of the Taranaki region after New Zealand was colonized. It fulfills an agreement of redress from the country's government to Indigenous people for harms perpetrated against the land since.
New Zealand Grants Legal Personhood to Mount Taranaki – Here’s Why It Matters
New Zealand grants legal personhood to Mount Taranaki (Taranaki Maunga), recognizing its Māori status and promoting conservation, sustainable tourism & Indigenous rights.
Why was New Zealand Mountain granted personhood? Mount Taranaki granted legal rights as a person
Mount Taranaki in New Zealand became a legal person, signaling a significant change in the nation's policy towards indigenous rights and the environment.
New Zealand mountain gets same legal rights as a person
A settlement under which a New Zealand mountain has been granted the same legal right as a person has become law after years of negotiations. It means Taranaki Maunga [Mt Taranaki] will effectively own itself, with representatives of the local tribes, iwi, and government working together to manage it.
Mount Taranaki in New Zealand Is Legally Declared a Person
Mount Taranaki in New Zealand is legally a person, enjoying all the rights and responsibilities of a human being. The move places the mountain back into the hands of the Māori tribe, who see the mountain as an ancestor.
A New Zealand mountain is granted personhood, recognizing it as sacred for Māori
Mount Taranaki — now known as Taranaki Maunga, its Māori name — is the latest natural feature to be granted personhood in New Zealand, which has ruled that a river and a stretch of sacred land are people before.
New Zealand grants status of human to mountain
New Zealand's Mount Taranaki, now officially recognized as Taranaki Maunga, has been granted legal personhood, acknowledging its ancestral significance to the Māori people. The move aims to restore Indigenous rights and protect the mountain’s cultural and environmental heritage.
After Years Of Legal Action, A New Zealand Mountain Is Now Officially A Person
Māori people celebrated on Friday as Mount Taranki in New Zealand officially became a person and, with that, was renamed Taranaki Maunga.
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