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

Rep. John Fitzpatrick said people in public policy deserve higher salaries than those “who put dope in plastic bags and hand ...

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 ...

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 ...

Mount Taranaki — now known as Taranaki Maunga, its Māori name — is the latest natural feature to be granted personhood in New ...

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

Mount Taranaki — now known as Taranaki Maunga, its Māori name — is the latest natural feature to be granted personhood in New ...

“It took 200 years for Māori people to get used to that practice, [and] eventually, the methods [of] following the birds were changed. At that time, it was a bit strange, [that’s] where the ...

It's been promoted by iwi leaders as a framework to help Māori weather the current political and economic storm, but there are still plenty of questions over Te Whare o te Rangatiratanga. Māori ...

One of those hui hosted by Ngāti Kahungunu and held at Omāhu in May, attracted around 3500 people. The working group that emerged from the May hui proposed a model to advance Māori aspirations and ...

“Some people drink wine and do sports ... Both are now fluent speakers of te reo Māori, but while Lessels is a native speaker, Himona had to learn her language. Lessels grew up in te ao Māori, while ...