A New Zealand mountain is granted personhood, recognizing it

After the native forest Te Urewera and Whanganui River, New Zealand has now granted legal rights to a mountain. Mount ...
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 ...
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.