Taranaki Maunga is an honored ancestor to the Maori, something the New Zealand government has cemented with this designation.

Mt. Taranaki and its surrounding national park will enjoy all the rights and responsibilities of a person under a recent law ...

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

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