The Whanganui iwi views it as an ancestor. A member of the Taranaki iwi, Aisha Campbell emphasized the significance of these choices: "The mountain, the river, the forest—they are all living ...

A rescue this morning where a man was located in a serious condition has highlighted one fact, it is no longer summer summit season on Mount ...

Around the world: Taranaki Maunga, a mountain in New Zealand, has been granted legal personhood, Rwanda initiates Heritage Forest project safeguarding ancient native trees, Kimberley Aboriginal ...

New Zealand just handed a mountain the legal equivalent of a birth certificate. Taranaki Maunga — the snow-capped stratovolcano formerly known as Mount Egmont — ...

Last month Mt. Egmont, in Aotearoa New Zealand, regained its original name: Mount Taranaki, from the Māori word for “mountain peak.” The name Egmont, applied by Captain James Cook in honor of ...

she said it “acknowledges the special relationship between the Indigenous people of Taranaki and the Maunga.” The mountain’s legal personality Te Kāhui Tupua, while technically nonhuman ...

and maybe you'd wanna keep me around." Explores the journey of three young people as they seek solace under the watchful gaze of the Taranaki mountain and companionship in the spirit of adventure.