New Zealand has granted a mountain personhood. In the United States, we consider corporate people, because we’ve lost our minds and never had souls. But New Zealand views personhood a little ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A 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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. New Zealand has officially recognized Mount Taranaki as a legal person. The 2,500m volcano on the west coast of the North Island ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand -- A 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 ...

FILE - A man takes a picture of his wife with Mount Taranaki, also known as Mount Egmont, in the background in New Plymouth, New Zealand, Sept. 26, 2011. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara, File) (ASSOCIATED ...

A 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 of a human being.

Mount Taranaki, located on the North Island of New Zealand, is a stratovolcano enveloped by six miles of forest, which forms a large-scale circle visible from space. This unique landscape has been ...

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The volcano “is released from the shackles — the shackles of injustice, of ignorance, of hate,” an official said Lu Huaiqian/Xinhua via Getty Mount Taranaki is officially a person. The volcano — known ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. New Zealand's Mount Taranaki is now legally a person A mountain in New Zealand is now legally recognised as a person after being ...