In a viral legal decision, New Zealand’s iconic Taranaki Maunga (Mount Taranaki) has been granted the same legal rights as a ...

Around the world: Taranaki Maunga, a mountain in New Zealand, has been granted legal personhood, Rwanda initiates Heritage ...

Winter transforms vistas as the skies darken, mountains rising from the horizon are dusted in snow and the seasonal passing ...

New Zealand has officially recognized Mount Taranaki as a legal person. The 2,500m volcano on the west coast of the North Island now enjoys the same rights as a human being. The January 30 decision is ...

New Zealand, told Mongabay by email that other mountains globally have received special legal status: Mauna Kea in Hawaii has been awarded stewardship authority and Mount Zizuma in Colombia was ...

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Gisborne’s Joe Hogan has won back-to-back New Zealand men’s croquet titles. He beat Croquet New Zealand chief executive ...

Last month Mt. Egmont, in Aotearoa New Zealand, regained its original name: Mount Taranaki, from the Māori word for “mountain peak.” The name Egmont, applied by Captain James Cook in honor of ...