Mount Taranaki has become the third natural feature in New Zealand to be bestowed with an individual status, after Te Urewera National Park and Whanganui River.

Māori people celebrated on Friday as Mount Taranki in New Zealand officially became a person and, with that, was renamed Taranaki Maunga.

Mount Taranaki in New Zealand became a legal person, signaling a significant change in the nation's policy towards indigenous ...

An ordinary day, no better and, thank God, no worse than others. A hunted rat rushes all over the world and begs only for one thing — to be invited to peace talks. I wonder if the green bug remembers ...

Mount Taranaki — now known as Taranaki Maunga, its Māori name — is the latest natural feature to be granted personhood in New Zealand ...

Multiple ISIS-Somalia operatives died in coordinated airstrikes carried out Saturday by the U.S. Africa Command in the Golis Mountains in Somalia.

Feb. 1 (UPI) -- More than 50 people were killed in Sudan Saturday after artillery explosions at an outdoor vegetable market. At least 158 more people were injured in the attacks, which were carried ...

Mount Taranaki in New Zealand is legally a person, enjoying all the rights and responsibilities of a human being. The move places the mountain back into the hands of the Māori tribe, who see the ...

Local runner Herbert claimed the biggest win of his career to date when he raced clear in the final stages of the feature event at New Plymouth on Saturday, the Group 3 Denis Wheeler Earthmoving ...