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

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

A mountain in New Zealand is considered to be an ancestor by Indigenous people and has been recognized as a legal person. A new law granted it all the rights and responsibilities of a human being. HPR ...

New data reveals 27 Indigenous children in Australia attempted self-harm in prison last financial year, the National ...

Access to finance is a significant barrier for Māori communities wanting to develop housing on collectively owned land.

A virulent strain of bird flu continues to spread across the world. Australia, New Zealand and Pacific nations are the only ...

As told by New Zealand, rivers and forests are legitimate human ancestors. The country’s most recent conferral of personhood ...

A combination of ancient knowledge and modern research techniques may be closing the gap between who some of the earliest ...

Mount Taranaki in New Zealand became a legal person, signaling a significant change in the nation's policy towards indigenous rights and the environment.

protected young people as intended. Disallowing sales of single-use ENDS products (disposables), as the New Zealand government has committed to, could also reduce access, though the impact of this ...

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

The second-highest mountain on New Zealand's North Island, Taranaki Maunga (Mountain), has been given the same legal rights as a human.