Te Ara Tipuna, a 500km trail would stretch from Te Toka a Taiau to Tarakeha, with start and end points at Makorori, near Gisborne, and Ōpōtiki. It also includes a loop around Maunga Hikurangi. Once ...

Mount Taranaki — now known as Taranaki Maunga, its Māori name — is the latest natural feature to be granted personhood in New Zealand, which has ruled that a river and a stretch of sacred ...

Taranaki Maunga made the very ground we stand on, the land we live from. Drawing clouds close he brings our water: his snow and ice, his once-glorious awa. The reefs he flung out shape our waves ...

Mount Taranaki — now known as Taranaki Maunga, its Māori name — is the latest natural feature to be granted personhood in New Zealand, which has ruled that a river and a stretch of sacred ...

Mount Taranaki – now known as Taranaki Maunga, its Maori name – is the third natural feature to be granted personhood in the country, following the Urewera Forest in 2014 and the Whanganui ...

Mount Taranaki, now known as Taranaki Maunga, has been granted personhood (Dita Alangkara/AP) A mountain in New Zealand considered an ancestor by indigenous people was recognised as a legal person ...

The country's government recognised Mount Taranaki - now known by its Maori name, Taranaki Maunga - after striking a legal deal with local Maori tribes who have long viewed the breathtaking ...

Mount Taranaki — now known as Taranaki Maunga, its Māori name — is the latest natural feature to be granted personhood in New Zealand, which has ruled that a river and a stretch of sacred ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — 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 ...

Auckland's maunga authority is considering closing mountains to the public on holidays due to 'unlawful' fires. It comes after two weekend blazes on Māngere mountain, with one scorching three ...

He said longer grass on the maunga had increased the risk of fires. "In terms of fire mitigation, that's never been an issue until the grass has gotten taller," Turner said. "And the grass got taller ...