Mt. Taranaki and its surrounding national park will enjoy all the rights and responsibilities of a person under a recent law ...

Rainier and has reached the top of Mt. Everest 14 times. As Expedition Leader, he has personally led 80+ climbers to the summit of Mt. Everest since 2009, more than any other guide. In 2011 ...

Potato Chip Rock near the summit of Mount Woodson. (Maura Fox / The San Diego Union-Tribune) Mount Woodson is named after Marshall Clay Woodson, who reportedly served in a medical capacity for the ...

New Zealand grants legal personhood to Mount Taranaki (Taranaki Maunga), recognizing its Māori status and promoting ...

Addressing past wrongs, the New Zealand government has officially given the 2,500m volcano on the North Island the same ...

The legal recognition acknowledges the mountain’s theft from the Māori of the Taranaki region after New Zealand was colonized ...

In 2017, the Whanganui River, also on the North Island, was recognised as human. The recognition of Mount Taranaki’s personhood comes after thousands marched in New Zealand’s capital in ...

All three students confirmed they have already visited Andersons Bakery and are eagerly anticipating their climb up Mount Taranaki, scheduled for early April. The RMIP programme goes beyond ...

Two experienced hikers from Massachusetts were rescued earlier this week after becoming stranded in whiteout conditions on the upper reaches of Mount Washington, according to the New Hampshire Fish ...

In New Plymouth District Court this week, Judge Gregory Hikaka accepted the Taranaki man was remorseful and had faced genuine consequences for his actions, such as losing his career as an educator ...