The iconic view of Taranaki Maunga reflected in the Pouākai Tarns and the flow of rivers from the mountain to the sea have provided the inspiration for the design narrative of the new East Stand ...

Te Papa Press has released a book named Toi Ora, Ancestral Maori Treasures, which contains photos of much of the museum's extensive collection of taonga. Included in it are several references to ...

Barriers to housing and employment, higher mortality rates and a 70% likelihood of continuing a generational cycle in state care are faced by Māori who have been through the oranga tamariki system, a ...

At just 23, Vince Ropitini, Taranaki, Ngāti Mutunga, Ngāruahinerangi me Whakatōhea, is already making waves on the international fashion stage.

Perhaps the most significant find in Polynesian archaeological history has been discovered in the Chatham Islands.

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 ...

Mount Taranaki, now known by its Maori name Taranaki Maunga, in New Zealand has achieved a human status. While it may sound impossible, the dormant volcano has been granted legal rights and ...

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 ...

New Zealand's Mount Taranaki, now known as Taranaki Maunga, has been granted the same legal rights as a person, recognizing its spiritual significance to the indigenous Maori people.

Mount Taranaki joins Te Urewera, a vast native forest on the North Island, and the Whanganui River in being recognised as people under New Zealand's laws.