Taranaki Maunga is an honored ancestor to the Maori, something the New Zealand government has cemented with this designation.

Addressing past wrongs, the New Zealand government has officially given the 2,500m volcano on the North Island the same ...

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

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.

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

The New Zealand government has granted Mount Taranaki personhood on Thursday, giving it the same legal rights as a person ...

Nepal will increase the permit fees for climbing Mount Everest by more than 35%, making the world’s tallest peak more expensive for mountaineers for the first time in nearly a decade ...

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The order came hours after Trump, who took office for a second time Monday, said he planned to “restore the name of a great president, William McKinley, to Mount McKinley, where it should be and where ...

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday renaming Denali—the highest peak in North America—to Mount McKinley, the Alaska mountain’s name prior to 2015, a move he has suggested ...

After what has seemed like an exceedingly long wait, Yamaha finally plans to launch two of its big bikes in India this year: the R7 sportbike and the MT-09 SP middleweight naked bike. Both are ...