Taranaki Maunga is an honored ancestor to the Maori, something the New Zealand government has cemented with this designation.

The legal recognition acknowledges the mountain's theft from the Māori of the Taranaki region after New Zealand was colonized ...

Thousands gathered across New Zealand on Thursday to celebrate the signing of the country’s founding document and some called ...

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

Parliament grants Taranaki Maunga personhood, as law recognising injustices done to Maori people during colonisation is ...

Rotorua is set to showcase its "rich Māori culture" and rongoā as host of the World Indigenous Cancer Conference next year.

Thousands gathered across New Zealand yesterday to celebrate the signing of the country’s founding document and some called ...

The row over the role of the Treaty of Waitangi in modern-day New Zealand shows no sign of abating, with protests on the eve ...

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

Mount Taranaki joins Te Urewera, a vast native forest on the North Island, and the Whanganui River in being recognised as people under New Zealand's laws.

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