New Zealand News: In New Zealand, a mountain has been given a human status. The native Maori community here considers a mountain as its ancestor. This mountain is so important that it was given the status of a legal person under the new law.
The name of this mountain is Mount Taranaki. It will now be known as Maori named ‘Tararanaki Maung’. This has become the third natural structure to get the status of a legal person in New Zealand. Earlier, a river and a holy land area have also been given this status. Under the law, now Tararanaki Maunga and the peaks around it will get equal rights, duties and security of individuals.
Local tribes, Ivi and government representatives will management
According to the BBC, this means that Taranaki Maung (Mount Taranaki) will be effectively the owner of himself. Local tribes, Ivi and government representatives will manage it together. The agreement aims to compensate the Maori people of the Taranaki region for the injustice done to them during colonization, including widely land confiscation.
Regarding this, government minister Paul Goldsmith said, “We should accept the pain caused by the mistakes of the past, so that we can help EV in future to realize his aspirations and opportunities.”
The mountain was taken after colonization
This mountain was taken from the Maori people of Taranaki region after colonization of New Zealand and has legal recognition. According to the law, the legal personality of the mountain will be called Te Kahui Tupua, which would be considered “a living and inseparable complete”. It includes the peaks and terrain around Taranaki and its surroundings. This mountain was first named Mount Agmont by British explorer Captain James Cook in 1770.