It’s often a day marked by spirited politics and at times boisterous protest. But Thursday’s anniversary of New Zealand’s ...

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

Te Pāti Māori will demand the establishment of a new parliamentary commissioner with “teeth” to address proposed legislation ...

Waitangi Day in New Zealand is marked by controversy as Māori leaders condemn a proposed bill to redefine the Treaty of ...

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon is to speak while making a visit in Auckland understood to be related to economic growth.

New Zealand plans to introduce legislation before the end of the year that will create a framework to help communities and ...

After the native forest Te Urewera and Whanganui River, New Zealand has now granted legal rights to a mountain. Mount ...

A settlement under which a New Zealand mountain has been granted the same legal right as a person has become law after years ...

The New Zealand legislature passed the Taranaki Maunga Collective Redress bill giving the mountain a legal name-- Te Kahui Tupua -- and protection for its land. It will no longer be referred to as ...

New Zealand's Mount Taranaki, now officially recognized as Taranaki Maunga, has been granted legal personhood, acknowledging ...

In 2017, New Zealand recognized the Whanganui River as human, as part of a settlement with its local tribe. The bill recognizing the mountain’s personhood was affirmed unanimously by Parliament ...