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

Thousands gathered across New Zealand yesterday to celebrate the signing of the country’s founding document and some called ...

The bill’s architect, David Seymour, met with protests at Waitangi marae — a Māori meeting house — during speeches by ...

The mountain is the third natural feature in New Zealand to be conferred personhood. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The mountain, which is sacred to the indigenous Maori people, will now have its own legal identity. This means it will be ...

A bill aimed at ending long-standing rights from the indigenous population has fuelled this year’s heated events.

Taranaki Maunga, formerly known as Mount Taranaki, is the latest natural feature in New Zealand to be granted legal ...

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

Thousands gathered across New Zealand on Thursday to celebrate the signing of the country’s founding document and some called ...

The row over the role of the Treaty of Waitangi in modern-day New Zealand shows no sign of abating, with protests on the eve ...

The national holiday marks the 1840 Treaty of Waitangi between Maori chiefs and colonising British forces, widely seen as the birth of modern New Zealand.

its Maori name – is the latest natural feature to be granted personhood in New Zealand, which has ruled that a river and a stretch of sacred land are people before. The pristine, snow-capped ...