Taranaki Mounga: New Zealand mountain granted same legal rights as a person
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Peak formerly called Mount Egmont after being named by European settlers has spiritual status formally recognised
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The original was posted on /r/upliftingnews by /u/icelandichorsey on 2025-01-30 06:31:05+00:00.

I’m not a legal expert but I feel like if we gave natural things more legal rights it would be easier to protect them against extraction and climate change. Even if this is NZ it will be used as precedent in other countries.