New Zealand, Māori and Taranaki

New Zealand grants a mountain personhood, recognizing Taranaki Maunga as sacred to the Indigenous Māori people
The legal recognition acknowledges the mountain's theft from the Māori of the Taranaki region after New Zealand was colonized. It fulfills an agreement of redress from the country's government to Indigenous people for harms perpetrated against the land since.
Getting 'the best of three worlds' as a Māori-Chinese person in New Zealand
Danny Karatea-Goddard celebrates the new year three times a year - on 1 January, Matariki and the Lunar New Year.
Mount Taranaki in New Zealand Is Legally Declared a Person
The volcano “is released from the shackles — the shackles of injustice, of ignorance, of hate,” an official said
Sacred Māori mountain granted legal personhood in New Zealand
A mountain in New Zealand considered an ancestor by Indigenous people was recognised as a legal person on Thursday after a new law granted it all the rights and responsibilities of a human being.
New Zealand grants status of human to mountain
New Zealand's Mount Taranaki, now officially recognized as Taranaki Maunga, has been granted legal personhood, acknowledging its ancestral significance to the Māori people. The move aims to restore Indigenous rights and protect the mountain’s cultural and environmental heritage.
A New Zealand Mountain Has Been Recognised As A Legal Person
Mount Taranaki in New Zealand was recognised as a legal person on Thursday after a new law granted it all the rights and responsibilities of a human being.
New Zealand Mountain Granted Personhood, Recognizing it as Sacred for Māori
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 responsibilities of a human being.
Mountain in New Zealand Gets Same Legal Rights as a Person
The second-highest mountain on New Zealand's North Island, Taranaki Maunga (Mountain), has been given the same legal rights as a human.
New Zealand mountain gets same legal rights as a person
A settlement under which a New Zealand mountain has been granted the same legal right as a person has become law after years ...
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New Zealand returns to outsourcing for Treaty Principles inquiry
New Zealand's treaty principles inquiry received about 300,000 written submissions and 15,000 people who asked to be witnesses at the inquiry.
Māori educator Dame Iritana Te Rangi Tāwhiwhirangi dies aged 95
Māori educator Dame Iritana Te Rangi Tāwhiwhirangi, a founder of the Kōhanga Reo movement, has died. She was 95.