In 1770, the British explorer Captain James Cook spotted the peak from his ship and named it Mount Egmont. In 1840, Maori ...

Mount Taranaki joins Te Urewera, a vast native forest on the North Island, and the Whanganui River in being recognised as people under New Zealand's laws.

The mountain is considered an ancestor by the indigenous Maori people. The country's parliament unanimously passed the decision, making it the third natural feature in New Zealand to be granted such ...

The odd move makes Taranaki Maunga "a living and indivisible whole" with the full right and powers of a human.

In 1770, the British explorer Captain James Cook spotted the peak from his ship and named it Mount Egmont. In 1840, Maori tribes and representatives of the British crown signed the Treaty of ...

The mountain had been captured by colonisers in the 18th and 19th century after Brit explorer Captain James Cook spotted the peak from his ship and renamed it Mount Egmont. In 1840, Maori tribes ...