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

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — A mountain in New Zealand considered an ancestor by Indigenous people was recognized as a legal ...

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

The bill's architect, David Seymour, met with protests at Waitangi marae — a Māori meeting house — during speeches by ...

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

A bill aimed at ending long-standing rights from the indigenous population has fuelled this year’s heated events.

The odd move makes Taranaki Maunga "a living and indivisible whole" with the full right and powers of a human.

Taranaki Maunga, formerly known as Mount Taranaki, is the latest natural feature in New Zealand to be granted legal ...

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

In 1840, Maori tribes and representatives of the British crown signed the Treaty of Waitangi -- New Zealand's founding document -- in which the Crown promised Maori would retain rights to their ...