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

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

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

A New Zealand mountain has been legally recognised as a person as part of an agreement between the government and Maori tribes.

The Western approach to suicide prevention is narrow, exclusive, one-dimensional and one-way (i.e. top- down) which makes it insensitive not only to indigenous people but other cultures. In this paper ...

A mountain in New Zealand considered an ancestor by Indigenous people was recognized as a legal person on Thursday after a ...

As told by New Zealand, rivers and forests are legitimate human ancestors. The country’s most recent conferral of personhood ...

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

But who really are the Maori? Dive in, and let's unearth this ancient culture together. TL;DR: Key Takeaways The Maori are the indigenous people of New Zealand Their population stands at around 16 ...

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 responsibilities of a human being.