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 ...

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

The jubilant celebrations of the Chinese Lunar New Year is continuing, with dazzling lion dances lighting up businesses and ...

Six Americans who had been detained in Venezuela in recent months have freed by the government of President Nicolás Maduro ...

Brothers Henry and Lewis de Jong were just kids when they formed the metal band with their childhood friend Tūranga Edmonds.

A second federal judge on Friday ordered a temporary pause in Trump administration efforts to freeze federal funding in the latest twist over the spending of trillions of dollars in grants and loans.

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

Many Fijians face social and societal barriers when seeking medical assistance for HIV, making it difficult for them to ...

A mountain in New Zealand effectively owns itself after gaining the same rights as a person. The New Zealand parliament voted on the motion Thursday, and it’s an effort to compensate the indigenous of ...