A mountain in New Zealand considered an ancestor by Indigenous people was recognized as a legal person ... of the 1970s and ...

As told by New Zealand, rivers and forests are legitimate human ancestors. The country’s most recent conferral of personhood ...

Rotorua is set to showcase its "rich Māori culture" and rongoā as host of the World Indigenous Cancer Conference next year.

Rotorua, a cultural hub for New Zealand's Indigenous Māori people, shaped Flavell's journey as a proud Māori activist.

A mountain in New Zealand – seen as an ancestor by the country’s indigenous Maori people – is now legally considered a person. The Bill gives local tribes more say in maintaining the ...

The Maori are the Indigenous people of New Zealand, while the Crown refers to the government of New Zealand, historically linked to the British monarchy and its authority.

The bill’s architect, David Seymour, met with protests at Waitangi marae — a Māori meeting house — during speeches by ...

The national holiday marks the 1840 Treaty of Waitangi between Maori chiefs and colonising British forces, widely seen as the birth of modern New Zealand. More than 80,000 people were expected to ...

A mountain in New Zealand has been granted the same legal rights as a person, after a law recognising injustices done to the Maori people during colonisation was passed unopposed in parliament.

Mount Taranaki joins Te Urewera, a vast native forest on the North Island, and the Whanganui River in being recognised as ...