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

Parliament grants Taranaki Maunga personhood, as law recognising injustices done to Maori people during colonisation is ...

The odd move makes Taranaki Maunga "a living and indivisible whole" with the full right and powers of a human.

Mount Taranaki joins Te Urewera, a vast native forest on the North Island, and the Whanganui River in being recognised as ...

Mount Taranaki – now known as Taranaki Maunga, its Maori name – is the second highest peak on New Zealand’s North Island.