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

A former Crown prosecutor says a bill establishing military-style boot camps and a dedicated youth serious offender or YSO ...

The highly contentious and sensitive issue of changing the Treaty of Waitangi in New Zealand has prompted an unprecedented ...

The New Zealand government was threatening "to punish" Cook Islanders if the plan went ahead, its prime minister, Mark Brown, ...

After the native forest Te Urewera and Whanganui River, New Zealand has now granted legal rights to a mountain. Mount Taranaki, which will be known by its Māori name — Taranaki Maunga, has gotten all ...

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has refused to say if he’ll reprimand New Zealand First’s Winston Peters and Shane Jones over comments that have been labe ...

After a series of speeches acknowledging several notable deaths that occurred over the summer, Parliament kicked off 2025 by ...

A mountain in New Zealand effectively owns itself after gaining the same rights as a person. The New Zealand parliament voted on the motion Thursday, and it’s an effort to compensate the indigenous of ...

Cook Islands' Prime Minister Mark Brown said on Thursday he had held discussions with institutions on marine science, climate ...

Parliament grants Taranaki Maunga personhood, as law recognising injustices done to Maori people during colonisation is unanimously passed ...