The legal recognition acknowledges the mountain's theft from the Māori of the Taranaki region after New Zealand was colonized. It fulfills an agreement of redress from the country's government to ...

A mountain in New Zealand considered an ancestor by Indigenous people was recognized as a legal person on Thursday after a new law granted it all the rights and responsibilities of a human being.

Image: Pic: AP The legal recognition also acknowledges the mountain's theft from the Maori of the Taranaki region after New Zealand was colonised, and fulfils an agreement of reparation from the ...

which serves the collective iwi of Taranaki, and Te Kāhui Maunga Society, the regional Te Matatini organisation, for their work promoting the festival. “It’s been a real Taranaki-driven kaupapa.

Taranaki Regional Council has lost the confidence of its iwi representatives after councillors blocked debate on the contentious Treaty Principles Bill. The six iwi reps say councillors ought to ...

The Taranaki regional development plan has been launched and seabed mining has been excluded from its key initiatives. It follows the Government’s decision to include seabed mining off Taranaki ...

The legal recognition acknowledges the mountain’s theft from the Māori of the Taranaki region after New Zealand was colonized. It fulfills an agreement of redress from the country’s ...

After European settlers established themselves in the area in the early 1840s, the Crown began purchasing land in the Taranaki region. Māori grew concerned when the Crown began acquiring land ...

Fame has gone to its beak' The legal recognition acknowledges the mountain’s theft from the Māori of the Taranaki region after New Zealand was colonized. It fulfills an agreement of redress ...

The agreement offers reparations to the Maori communities living in the Taranaki region, acknowledging the injustices they suffered during colonisation. It remains one of the most painful chapters in ...