In New Zealand’s North and South Islands, each Māori tribe (iwi) has its own history, founding ancestor or ancestress, tribal ...

Keeping people off ... from Taranaki iwi travelling on the maunga trails. The ope were building several whare hopuni (huts) to shelter from the storm. When Maori discovered that Davy and ...

Taranaki Maunga, known by New Zealand's non-Maori population as Mount Taranaki, has been recognized by the ... The mountain is considered to be an honored ancestor by the Maori people. But during the ...

Mount Taranaki has been ... the mountain’s theft from the Maori of the Taranaki region during the colonisation of New Zealand, and fulfils an agreement of reparation from the country’s government to ...

A mountain in New Zealand – seen as an ancestor by the country’s indigenous Maori people – is now ... The recognition of Mount Taranaki’s personhood comes after thousands marched in ...

Harms not only against the Maori people are significant ... The problem is not so much that people will start treating Mount Taranaki as an actual human. I am sure no one expects as much.

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A mountain in New Zealand considered an ancestor by Indigenous people was recognized ... of a human being. Mount Taranaki — now known as Taranaki Maunga, its ...

Mount Taranaki, now known by its Maori name Taranaki ... Let us find out. The Indigenous Maori people of New Zealand respect the snow-covered Taranaki Maunga as a sacred ancestor, reported BBC.

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.

Indigenous people view Mount Taranaki-now known by its Maori name, Taranaki Maunga-as an ancestral entity. According to BBC, it means Taranaki Maunga [Mt Taranaki] will effectively own itself ...

In a groundbreaking move that underscores the growing recognition of Indigenous rights and environmental stewardship, New Zealand has granted legal personhood to Mount Taranaki ... “This isn’t about ...