A mountain in New Zealand considered an ancestor by Indigenous people was recognized as a legal person on Jan. 30 after a new ...

The New Zealand government has granted Mount Taranaki personhood on Thursday, giving it the same legal rights as a person ...

Taranaki Maunga, a revered mountain in New Zealand, has been legally acknowledged as a person. This groundbreaking decision allows it to possess rights and responsibilities just like a human being.

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.

Move over, humans—New Zealand's iconic Taranaki Mounga just got the same legal rights as you! In a groundbreaking move, the country's parliament has officially granted legal personhood to this ...

"This will erode a key leg of support for the New Zealand housing market, domestic demand and labour market capacity." The department says the bulk of people leaving the country were headed to ...

It was courtesy of the Brooklyn Love Foundation, set up by Brooklyn’s family, most notably Ngareta and Dominic Patea. Brooklyn died in 2012, aged 11, but the tournament has continued in his memory.

A once-in-a-lifetime comet has been spotted over New Zealand skies this week. Comet C/2024 G3 (Atlas), which last visited the Sun about 180,000 years ago, is expected to continue to be visible for the ...

Two years after her shocking decision to resign as prime minister of New Zealand, Jacinda Ardern is set to publish a memoir. Crown, a division of Penguin Random House, announced Tuesday that Ardern’s ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. The SailGP fleet on race Day 2 of the New Zealand leg of the SailGP series in Auckland, New Zealand, Sunday ...

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 ...

A fleet of 11 F50 foiling catamarans will tear around the Waitematā Harbour on Saturday and Sunday evening in SailGP’s return to New Zealand. After two editions on Lyttelton Harbour ...