“While one person and the jet ski made it to shore with assistance from police and Taupō Coastguard, a second person sadly did not, and was last seen struggling in the water,” police senior ...

The country's government recognised Mount Taranaki - now known by its Maori name, Taranaki Maunga - after striking a legal deal with local Maori tribes who have long viewed the breathtaking ...

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 land are ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — 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 ...

Jan. 31 (UPI) --The New Zealand government granted Mount Taranaki the same legal rights as a person after the country agreed to compensate its indigenous inhabitants for past colonization.

Mount Taranaki – now known as Taranaki Maunga, its Maori name – is the third natural feature to be granted personhood in the country, following the Urewera Forest in 2014 and the Whanganui ...

The Taranaki Maunga Collective Redress Bill passed its second and third readings in Parliament on Thursday The Crown apologised for its confiscation of Taranaki Maunga and 1.2 million acres of Māori ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — 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 ...

This action came after years of negotiation. Mt. Taranaki, also known as Taranki Maunga, will now be treated as if it has ownership over itself. As per BBC, the agreement is intended to provide ...

More than a dozen people have been injured, some seriously, in a ski lift accident in Spain. The incident took place on a chair lift at the Astún ski resort, which is on the Spanish border with ...

Video / NZ Herald / AFP A huge fire killed at least 76 people as it ripped through a hotel at a popular ski resort in northern Turkey that was packed with people enjoying the winter holidays ...

At least 66 people died after a fire broke out this week at a popular ski resort in northwestern Turkey, according to multiple news reports. The blaze started around 3:30 a.m. local time on ...