A man takes a picture of his wife with Mount Taranaki, also known as Mount Egmont, in the background on Sept. 26, 2011, in New Plymouth, New Zealand. Associated Press file photo WELLINGTON, ...

FILE – A man takes a picture of his wife with Mount Taranaki, also known as Mount Egmont, in the background in New Plymouth, New Zealand, Sept. 26, 2011. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara, File ...

Te Matatini o Te Kāhui Maunga 2025 will be broadcast live on TVNZ 2 and live-streamed on TVNZ+, which will also have catch-up ...

Addressing past wrongs, the New Zealand government has officially given the 2,500m volcano on the North Island the same rights as a human being.

A Māori landowner is being cleared of a rates debt he believes totals $110,000. Details of his battle can be heard this week at Waitangi. Farmer Haumoana White, who owns land at Mokau, stopped paying ...

Mount Taranaki — now known as Taranaki Maunga, its Maori name — is the latest natural feature to be granted personhood in New Zealand, which has ruled that a river and a stretch of sacred land ...

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Taranaki Maunga has a new name and now legal personhood, but there's a lot more fascinating detail in the new law than that.

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — 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 ...

New Plymouth/Ngāmotu and the people of Te Kāhui Maunga (Taranaki ... tribute to their rich history in the area and no doubt Te Kāhui Maunga, the peaks of Mount Taranaki, would be a key factor. The ...