Mt Taranaki is 30 minutes' drive south from New Plymouth. The most direct route to the summit is from North Egmont's Tahurangi Lodge up a staircase to tussock, scoria slopes and over The Lizard ...

Search and rescue met the woman at Tahurangi Lodge on Mt Taranaki and brought her down the rest of the way. (File photo) CHARLOTTE CURD / STUFF Police were called around 2pm on Friday with reports ...

They were taken off the mountain by helicopter to a nearby lodge before the Taranaki Rescue Helicopter flew them to hospital. The crews were already working to rescue three others who were at an ...

Mount Taranaki — now known as Taranaki Maunga, 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 ...

Eight iwi in Taranaki have interests in the mountain ... Currently the nearest public toilet is 1500m up the mountain near the Tahurangi lodge - and this is still 1000m from the summit, or a ...

Mount Taranaki – now known as Taranaki Maunga, its Maori name – is considered an ancestral being by indigenous people. The pristine, snow-capped dormant volcano is the second highest on New ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — 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 ...

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 ...