By Kristine Sabillo New Zealand has formally granted a mountain legal personhood for the first time, recognizing not only its importance to Māori tribes but also paving the way for its future ...

A mountain in New Zealand considered an ancestor by Indigenous people was recognized as a legal person on Thursday after a ...

Loreen Henare had her first taste of kapa haka as a 4-year-old performing with her parents and whānau. Forty-eight years later, she’s still in love with kapa haka, waiata, poi and mōteatea (chant) and ...

its Māori 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 are people before. The pristine, snow-capped ...

Paranihi (Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Tuwharetoa), better known as Mimi, featured on season six of Love Island Australia, which aired ...

Te Pāti Māori co-leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer joined more than 400 people in Rarotonga on Tuesday morning (Monday, Cook ...

Rotorua is set to showcase its "rich Māori culture" and rongoā as host of the World Indigenous Cancer Conference next year. More than 600 international health professionals, researchers, clinicians, ...

Mount Taranaki in New Zealand is legally a person, enjoying all the rights and responsibilities of a human being. The move places the mountain back into the hands of the Māori tribe, who see the ...

They will need to be nominated by two electors whose names appear on the Māori electoral roll for Tauranga City. People of ...

Mount Taranaki — now known as Taranaki Maunga, its Māori name — is considered an ancestor by Indigenous people. The snow-capped dormant volcano is the second highest on New Zealand’s North ...