Tauranga's first Māori ward councillor Mikaere Sydney is resigning after never being able to take up the job because of ...

The personhood is not bestowed on the central maunga in isolation, but on "a living and indivisible whole comprising Taranaki Maunga and other tūpuna maunga [ancestral mountains], including Pouākai ...

Brothers Henry and Lewis de Jong were just kids when they formed the metal band with their childhood friend Tūranga Edmonds. An intimate new documentary gets inside their world.

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

The second-highest mountain on New Zealand's North Island, Taranaki Maunga (Mountain), has been given the same legal rights as a human.

A mountain in New Zealand effectively owns itself after gaining the same rights as a person. The New Zealand parliament voted ...

A mountain in New Zealand is now officially recognised as a human. Considered an ancestor by Indigenous people, the mountain ...

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

A settlement under which a New Zealand mountain has been granted the same legal right as a person has become law after years of negotiations. It means Taranaki Maunga [Mt Taranaki] will effectively ...