The chainsaws are being primed for a swathe of mature trees which line the streets of downtown New Plymouth. The 15m-high ...

The Taranaki Regional Council is holding its cards close to its chest ahead of an announcement on the rebuild of the east ...

FILE – A man takes a picture of his wife with Mount Taranaki, also known as Mount Egmont, in the background in New Plymouth, New Zealand, Sept. 26, 2011. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara, File ...

A mountain in New Zealand considered an ancestor by Indigenous people has been recognized as a legal person after a new law ...

Mount Taranaki in New Zealand is legally a person, enjoying all the rights and responsibilities of a human being. The move ...

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

The Taranaki Mayoral Forum welcomes the Offshore Renewable Energy Bill but says other barriers must be addressed if New ...

Jan. 31 (UPI) --The New Zealand government granted Mount Taranaki the same legal rights as a person after the country agreed to compensate its indigenous inhabitants for past colonization.

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 ...

A New Zealand Mountain Is Granted Personhood, Recognizing It as Sacred for Māori WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A mountain in New Zealand considered an ancestor by Indigenous people was ...

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 ...