AUSTRALIAN police began an investigation yesterday after a statue of Captain James Cook was covered with red paint and disfigured. The attack took place ahead of Australia Day, which commemorates the ...

A forest, a river, and a mountain in New Zealand have something unusual in common—they're all legally people. Taranaki Maunga, the second-highest mountain in New Zealand, was granted legal personhood ...

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

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

A Captain Cook statue was covered in red paint and smashed ... who claimed Australia's eastern coastline for Great Britain in 1770 - was targeted in February last year. It was covered with red ...

New Zealand's Mount Taranaki, now officially recognized as Taranaki Maunga, has been granted legal personhood, acknowledging its ancestral significance to the Māori people. The move aims to restore ...

The east coast of New Holland was claimed by British Captain James Cook in 1770 who renamed the land New South Wales. In due course, this led to the First Fleet landing at Botany Bay in 1888 and the ...

The first greyhounds arrived in Australia in 1770 with botanist Joseph Banks, who sailed to our great land with Captain Cook on the Endeavour. The first time greyhounds were used for sporting pursuits ...

The statue of a person some call an "explorer" and others call a "colonizer" has been vandalized in Australia. English naval ...

Police in Sydney are investigating after a statue of British explorer Captain James Cook was sprayed with red paint and damaged two days before Australia's national day. Police said several items ...