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Taranaki Maunga, the second-highest mountain on New Zealand’s North Island, along with its surrounding peaks, has been granted legal personhood, becoming the third natural feature in the country to receive the same rights, duties, and protections as an individual.

New Zealand’s parliament unanimously passed the law on January 30, 2025, fulfilling a promise made in 2017. The mountain, formally known as Taranaki Maunga, will now be referred to officially by its Māori name, shedding its former colonial designation, Mount Egmont.

Taranaki Maunga is one of the most symmetrical volcanic cones in the world, towering over the Taranaki plains on the west coast of the North Island.

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