The mountain is the third natural feature in New Zealand to be conferred personhood. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Today we introduce some jolly traditional Korean snacks to some Maori people we met in New Zealand. Buy Josh’s autobiography ...

A bill aimed at ending long-standing rights from the indigenous population has fuelled this year’s heated events.

(Kai Schwoerer/STUFF via AP) A Waka, a Māori canoe, is paddled at at Waitangi, New Zealand on Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025, as the ...

The mountain’s induction is one settlement among decades’ worth of settlements between the Maori tribe and the New Zealand government. That is the thing: Personhood of “sacred land” comes ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A mountain in New Zealand considered an ancestor by Indigenous people was recognized as a legal person on Thursday after a new law granted it all the rights and ...

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

Let us find out. The Indigenous Maori people of New Zealand respect the snow-covered Taranaki Maunga as a sacred ancestor, reported BBC. According to the Maori tribe, humans, animals, mountains ...

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