Thick Forest, Soaring Mountain. Last week’s decision further cements protections for Taranaki, the second-highest mountain on ...

The recognition acknowledges the mountain's theft from the Māori after New Zealand was colonized. It fulfills an agreement from the country's government to Indigenous people.

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A mountain in New Zealand considered an ancestor by Indigenous people was recognized as a legal person on Thursday after a new law granted it all the rights and ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — A mountain in New Zealand considered an ancestor by Indigenous people was recognized as a legal person Thursday after a new law granted it all the rights and ...

A mountain in New Zealand considered an ancestor by Indigenous people was recognized as a legal person on Thursday after a new law granted it all the rights and responsibilities of a human being.

A New Zealand mountain is granted personhood, recognizing it as sacred for Māori Mount Taranaki — now known as Taranaki Maunga, its Māori name — is the latest natural feature to be granted ...

Communities work to preserve Indigenous languages 04:29. Wellington, New Zealand - A mountain in New Zealand considered an ancestor by Indigenous people was recognized as a legal person on ...

A New Zealand mountain is granted personhood, recognizing it as sacred for Māori Mount Taranaki — now known as Taranaki Maunga, its Māori name — is the latest natural feature to be granted ...

Two American mountain climbers and a Canadian climber are missing after failing to return from their attempted summit of New Zealand’s highest peak on Monday, officials said. Deteriorating ...

The law fulfils a 2023 settlement between the government and Māori which provided redress for land theft and other British Crown breaches of New Zealand’s founding treaty during colonization.