Mt. Taranaki and its surrounding national park will enjoy all the rights and responsibilities of a person under a recent law ...

New Zealand’s Tahuna Glenorchy has been officially certified a Dark Sky Sanctuary, marking it as the fifth International Dark ...

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

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 receives legal rights as a person in groundbreaking agreement with Indigenous Māori, marking end to ...