Iconic Te Tii Marae wharenui reopens as phase one of restoration completed
A dawn ceremony was hosted by mana whenua Ngāti Rāhiri and Ngāti Kawa who welcomed iwi leaders, politicians and the masses.
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 ...
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 ...
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A New Zealand mountain has been granted personhood. Here’s why that matters
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 ...
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New Zealand's Mount Taranaki is now legally a person
Mount Taranaki joins Te Urewera, a vast native forest on the North Island, and the Whanganui River in being recognised as people under New Zealand's laws. A mountain in New Zealand is now legally ...
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Mount Taranaki in New Zealand granted all rights, responsibilities of human being. Here's why
Mount Taranaki is not the only natural feature to be granted personhood in New Zealand. Previously, a river and a forest were recognised as human beings. A mountain in New Zealand considered an ...
New Zealand grants legal personhood to Mount Taranaki
The New Zealand government has granted Mount Taranaki personhood on Thursday, giving it the same legal rights as a person ...
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Taranaki maunga becomes legal person, Govt acknowledges ‘immeasurable harm’ inflicted on iwi
Video / NZ Herald Almost a decade of settlement negotiations between the Crown and Taranaki formally concluded yesterday, when Parliament voted unanimously to pass a law that formally grants legal ...