Mount Taranaki in New Zealand is legally a person, enjoying all the rights and responsibilities of a human being. The move ...

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

The bill’s architect, David Seymour, met with protests at Waitangi marae — a Māori meeting house — during speeches by ...

In 1840, Māori tribes and representatives of the British crown signed the Treaty of Waitangi — New Zealand’s founding document — in which the Crown promised Māori would retain rights to ...

Advertisement Local tribes have long considered the mountain as sacred and an ancestor. New Zealand officials said ... to Saudi Arabia Feb. 9 (UPI) -- The United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, the ...

In 1840, Māori tribes and representatives of the British crown signed the Treaty of Waitangi — New Zealand’s founding document — in which the Crown promised Māori would retain rights to ...

the Declaration of Independence of the United Tribes of New Zealand. Five years later, those same two sovereign nations signed Te Tiriti o Waitangi, as te iwi Māori sought to grapple with growing ...

Local tribes have long considered the mountain as sacred and an ancestor. New Zealand officials said they want to confess to forced land confiscation during colonization. "We must acknowledge the ...

New Zealand on Thursday marked the anniversary of its founding document, the Treaty of Waitangi. The day came with quiet protests of government officials by some M?ori leaders amid a national period ...