Mount Taranaki — now known as Taranaki Maunga, its Māori name — is the latest natural feature to be granted personhood in New ...

A settlement under which a New Zealand mountain has been granted the same legal right as a person has become law after years ...

A mountain in New Zealand has been granted the same legal rights as a person, becoming the third natural feature in the ...

Almost a decade of settlement negotiations between the Crown and Taranaki formally concluded yesterday, when Parliament voted ...

The park and its contents will be vested as a legal person, its peaks will be named Te Kāhui Tupua - so the park will ...

Mount Taranaki – now known as Taranaki Maunga, its Maori name – is the second highest peak on New Zealand’s North Island.

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Move over, humans—New Zealand's iconic Taranaki Mounga just got the same legal rights as you! In a groundbreaking move, the ...

Taranaki has not yet grasped the opportunity of the looming Te Matatini national kapa haka festival, says a South Taranaki ...

"Today, we stand together as descendants of Taranaki, and our tūpuna, Taranaki Maunga, is now formally acknowledged by the ...

The mountain is considered an ancestor by the indigenous Maori people. The country's parliament unanimously passed the decision, making it the third natural feature in New Zealand to be granted such ...

“Taranaki has got no clue, especially the community outside of Māoridom in Taranaki. “They've got no clue on how big this ...