New Zealand turned 185 on Thursday. Tensions are running high on the eve of the country's national day, commemorating the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi between Maori and the Crown in 1840. On ...

Taranaki Maunga is an honored ancestor to the Maori, something the New Zealand government has cemented with this designation.

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

The mountain is the third natural feature in New Zealand to be conferred personhood. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The bill’s architect, David Seymour, met with protests at Waitangi marae — a Māori meeting house — during speeches by ...

Taranaki Maunga, formerly known as Mount Taranaki, is the latest natural feature in New Zealand to be granted legal ...

Thousands gathered across New Zealand yesterday to celebrate the signing of the country’s founding document and some called ...

A bill aimed at ending long-standing rights from the indigenous population has fuelled this year’s heated events.

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

Thousands gathered across New Zealand on Thursday to celebrate the signing of the country’s founding document and some called ...

its Maori name – is the latest natural feature to be granted personhood in New Zealand, which has ruled that a river and a stretch of sacred land are people before. The pristine, snow-capped ...

The national holiday marks the 1840 Treaty of Waitangi between Maori chiefs and colonising British forces, widely seen as the birth of modern New Zealand.