Taranaki Mounga is one of New Zealand's about a dozen active volcanos - but what does that actually mean for locals?

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 ...

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The 2,500m-high dormant volcano on the country’s North Island ... The Bill also acknowledges that the mountain was taken from the Taranaki region’s Maori tribes by the British colonisers.

now known by its Maori name Taranaki Maunga, in New Zealand has achieved a human status. While it may sound impossible, the dormant volcano has been granted legal rights and responsibilities as a ...

The volcano is known by its Mori name Taranaki Maunga. It is considered to be among the Mori's ancestors. That tribe was working with the New Zealand government to become its caretakers ...

The volcano “is released from the shackles — the shackles of injustice, of ignorance, of hate,” an official said Lu Huaiqian/Xinhua via Getty Mount Taranaki is officially a person.