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

This striking satellite image shows the snow-capped peak of a "sacred" volcano in New Zealand, poking through ... country's second-tallest peak behind Mount Ruapehu — a 9,177-foot-tall (2,797 ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — 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 ...

The volcano “is released from the shackles — the shackles of injustice, of ignorance, of hate,” an official said Lu Huaiqian/Xinhua via Getty Mount ... of the New Zealand government as ...

Between June and August, both temperatures and tourism drop off, however this is the time to go if you’re looking for a ski vacation in North Island hot spots like Mount Ruapehu. Before you pick ...

New Zealand on Thursday passed a landmark law granting Mount Taranaki the status of a legal person, in a move that recognizes its cultural significance to Māori iwi (people) as a sacred ancestor.

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 is now legally ...