Thick Forest, Soaring Mountain. Last week’s decision further cements protections for Taranaki, the second-highest mountain on ...

The recognition acknowledges the mountain's theft from the Māori after New Zealand was colonized. It fulfills an agreement from the country's government to Indigenous people.

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 responsibilities of a human being.

When the Soho Basin expansion opens, the ski resort will span 1,520 acres of skiable terrain.

Communities work to preserve Indigenous languages 04:29. Wellington, New Zealand - A mountain in New Zealand considered an ancestor by Indigenous people was recognized as a legal person on ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — 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 ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — A mountain in New Zealand considered an ancestor by Indigenous people was recognized as a legal person Thursday after a new law granted it all the rights and ...

Ragged Mountain has just started an expansion project to one of its snowmaking ponds. It will increase capacity five-fold. The size of the pond will go from holding 4 million gallons of water to ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — 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 mountain in New Zealand will now have the rights of a human being under legislation to be passed by parliament.. Taranaki Maunga and his companion peaks are to become a legal person to be called ...