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

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

A dry start to the year brings water restrictions, fire risk, and potential drought to the Manawatū-Whanganui and Taranaki ...

Mount Taranaki — now known as Taranaki Maunga, its Māori name — is the latest natural feature to be granted personhood in New Zealand.

Heavy downpours hitting parts of the north won’t ease unusual and widespread summer dryness that has set in across New Zealand, a meteorologist says — and there’s scant sign of much rain relief in ...

Mount Taranaki — now known as Taranaki Maunga ... The pristine, snow-capped dormant volcano is the second highest on New Zealand's North Island at 8,261 feet and a popular spot for tourism ...

Mount Taranaki joins Te Urewera, a vast native forest on the North Island, and the Whanganui River in being recognised as people under New Zealand's laws.

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Farmers in parts of the North Island are pushing for an adverse weather event to be declared in their regions after ...

Ngāti Mutunga says a summer fun day to showcase services for whānau is shaping up as a blueprint for iwi across north Taranaki. On Saturday Ngāti Mutunga set up a Service Expo Community Day on ...

The New Zealand government has granted Mount Taranaki personhood on Thursday, giving it the same legal rights as a person after the country agreed to compensate its indigenous inhabitants for past ...