Mount Taranaki is a sacred site for the Māori people, particularly the local iwi (tribes) who have long regarded the volcano ...

The volcano “is released from the shackles — the shackles of injustice, of ignorance, of hate,” an official said ...

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

For those who thought 2025 was going to be just another year, New Zealand had other plans for its mountains. In a move that ...

Mount Taranaki is considered sacred and an ancestor of the local Māori people A settlement under which a New Zealand mountain ...

New Zealand's Mt Taranaki, also known as Taranaki Maunga, has been granted the same legal rights as a person under a new law ...

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

The New Zealand government has granted Mount Taranaki personhood on Thursday, giving it the same legal rights as a person ...

New Zealand grants legal personhood to Mount Taranaki (Taranaki Maunga), recognizing its Māori status and promoting ...

The mountain is the third natural feature in New Zealand to be conferred personhood. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Mount Taranaki joins Te Urewera, a vast native forest on the North Island, and the Whanganui River in being recognised as ...

A New Zealand mountain has been granted the same legal rights as a person under a landmark settlement recognising its ...