Mountain Taranaki (2518 m) popular among skiers and snowboarders in New Zealand was officially recognized as a legal entity. This is reported by NBC News.

The law adopted on Thursday by the Parliament of the island of the country indicates that the government actually stopped ownership of the mountain, which the indigenous people Maori consider to be the place where their ancestors left.

According to the new norms, now the legal name of the place sounds like te kahui tupua. The legislation now includes the entire land and place in the name of Taranaki, "

Journalists write that now representatives of the local tribe Maori and officials will work together to control the mountain together. The top will also lose the old name - Mount Egmont, and Taranaki will become the only name of the object.

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According to him, at first the colonialists of New Zealand took possession of the mountain, then changed the name, and also violated the agreement between the British and Maori, which the first side quite often violated.

“The authorities could not create most of the reserves that they promised Maori,” the law said in the preamble, indicating that at first the authorities returned only part of the protected territories, but did not include the mountain and the terrain next to it, making it a reserve at first, and then - then -.

Now the new decision returns the mountain to the full property of the people Maori, and the government will be engaged in the preservation and protection of wildlife. Public access of tourists and citizens will remain in force.

“I look forward to visiting Taranaks in the near future to ask for forgiveness from the elders Maori,” Mr. Goldsmith summed up.

Earlier it was reported that the portrait of the elder of the Maori tribe in New Zealand was sold at auction for a record amount. The elder of the tribe Maori Varekauri Tahun was one of the frequent model of the New Zealand artist Charles Frederick Goldi. It is this portrait that art historians consider the best work of the author.

Subsequently, it became known that the deputies of New Zealand tore off the meeting of the parliament. The deputy representing the indigenous population of Maori broke out the bill, against which its single -party people.