WELLINGTON, New ZealandA mountain in New Zealand considered an ancestor by Indigenous people was recognized as a legal person on Thursday after a new law granted it all the rights and responsibilities ...

A mountain in New Zealand has been given the same legal rights as a human being in a unanimous parliamentary vote. Taranaki Mounga (or maunga), formerly named Mount Egmont by European settlers, is the ...

A forest, a river, and a mountain in New Zealand have something unusual in common—they're all legally people. Taranaki Maunga, the second-highest mountain in New Zealand, was granted legal personhood ...