Taranaki's most experienced mountain guide was yesterday surprised to learn that cooking on the summit of Mt Taranaki was considered ... pleased that the issue was out in the open and the country ...

Contractors have offered a sneak-peak at two of the main features of Te Ara o Te Ata - the Mt Messenger Bypass on State ...

Large eruptions have been exploding out of Mt Taranaki at an average rate of about one every 300 years.SIMON O'CONNOR / Fairfax NZ Mt Taranaki is considered the New Zealand volcano probably with ...

Mount Taranaki is not the only natural feature to be granted personhood in New Zealand. Previously, a river and a forest were recognised as human beings. Read the full story here A transwoman ...

New modelling suggests an eruption from a giant volcano could destroy roads and bridges and leave an entire community cut off just across the ditch from Australia. New Zealand’s Mount Taranaki ...

In a groundbreaking move, New Zealand has granted legal personhood to Mount Taranaki, now officially recognized by its Māori name, Taranaki Maunga. This dormant volcano, standing tall at 2,518 ...

New Zealand has officially recognized Mount Taranaki as a legal person. The 2,500m volcano on the west coast of the North Island now enjoys the same rights as a human being. The January 30 ...

New Zealand on Thursday passed a landmark law granting Mount Taranaki the status of a legal person, in a move that recognizes its cultural significance to Māori iwi (people) as a sacred ancestor. This ...

Mount Taranaki ... was the volcano given human rights? Let us find out. The Indigenous Maori people of New Zealand respect the snow-covered Taranaki Maunga as a sacred ancestor, reported BBC.

Mount Taranaki — now known as Taranaki Maunga, 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 ...