Taranaki Maunga in New Zealand has gained the rights of a human being after a new bill passed the country's parliament Former Treaty Settlements Minister Andrew Little (pictured) said the values ...

In 1770, Taranaki Maunga was renamed Mount Egmont by the British explorer James Cook, who spotted its peak from his ship. Then, in the 1860s, it was confiscated from the Maori people, along with ...

Mount Taranaki — now known as Taranaki Maunga, its Māori name — is the latest natural feature to be granted personhood in New Zealand, which has ruled that a river and a stretch of sacred ...

According to the New Zealand Herald, Taranaki Maunga was seized by the Crown in 1865, along with 1.2 million acres of Taranaki land, following years of war between the Crown and Māori.

In a gloomy start to the week, several severe weather warnings have been issued, with high winds and heavy rain expected from ...

The bizarre move makes Taranaki Maunga "a living and indivisible whole" with the full right and powers of a human. The mountain, which stands at an impressive 8,261ft also has a name: Te Kahui Tupua.

A front is expected to move east across the country from Monday, bringing heavy rain and strong north-to-northeast winds.

Monster swells have begun smashing coastlines across the North Island. They have also reached 5.9m in Tauranga and 4.3m ...

Two meteor showers will light up the dark skies on Tuesday night, but whether the forecast will allow Kiwis to gaze upon the ...

Mount Taranaki — now known as Taranaki Maunga, its Māori name — is the latest natural feature to be granted personhood in New Zealand, which has ruled that a river and a stretch of sacred ...

The Crown acknowledges that it deprived Taranaki Māori of their last remaining interests in ngā maunga o Taranaki in 1899 when it promoted the exchange of the Patua Ranges Reserve, which had ...