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

What started as an attempt to save New Zealand’s dwindling native forest estate has turned into the country’s third-largest ...

Mount Taranaki joins Te Urewera, a vast native forest on the North Island, and the Whanganui River in being recognised as ...

A New Zealand mountain has been granted legal rights similar to those of a person.This action came after years of negotiation ...

A settlement under which a New Zealand mountain has been granted the same legal right as a person has become law after years ...

An Australian wētā lookalike was first noticed in Pukekohe in 1990. Now the stroppy biting insects are common from Auckland ...

New Zealand was the first country in the world to recognize natural features as people when a law passed in 2014 granted personhood to Te Urewera, a vast native forest on the North Island.

Some native, truffle-like fungi produce boldly colored fruiting ... This could have major implications for New Zealand’s ...

A mountain in New Zealand has been granted the same legal rights as a person, becoming the third natural feature in the ...