Factbox-Where is the Cook Islands and what is its relationship with New Zealand?
The Cook Islands lie halfway between New Zealand and Hawaii and are made up of 15 islands and atolls spread over 700 square miles (1.9 million square kilometres) The country in 2021 had a population ...
Where is the Cook Islands and what is its relationship with New Zealand?
The Cook Islands lie halfway between New Zealand and Hawaii and are made up of 15 islands and atolls spread over 700 square ...
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A culturally important Maori mountain recognized as a legal person
Taranaki Maunga is an honored ancestor to the Maori, something the New Zealand government has cemented with this designation.
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A New Zealand mountain is granted personhood, recognizing it as sacred for Māori
A mountain in New Zealand considered an ancestor by Indigenous people was recognized as a legal person on Jan. 30 after a new ...
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Israel drafts plans to allow Gazans passage via ports, borders
Israel has identified an airport and seaport as potential departure points for Palestinians from war-ravaged Gaza, according to a draft plan presented to Defense Minister Israel Katz on how to ...
Associated Press8d
Protests and a New Zealand leader’s absence overshadow a day marking the founding treaty with Māori
Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. New Zealand on Thursday marked the anniversary of its founding ...
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Essential Albums: Aotearoa - Tihiei Mauriora / He Waiaa Mo Te Iwi
Nick Bollinger talks to Aotearoa's founder Ngahiwi Apanui and explores the background to these essential New Zealand albums ... these days he is chief executive of Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Maori, the ...
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A New Zealand mountain is granted personhood, recognizing it as sacred for Māori
Mount Taranaki — now known as Taranaki Maunga, its Maori 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 ...
New York Sun14d
Go Tell It on the Mountain: New Zealand Grants Legal Personhood to Mount Taranaki, Recognizing It as Sacred for Māori
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 ...
The Daily Telegraph14d
New Zealand mountain gets same legal rights as a person
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.
The Columbian14d
A New Zealand mountain is granted personhood, recognizing it as sacred for Māori
New Zealand was the first country in the world to recognize natural features as people when a law passed in 2014 granted personhood to Te Urewera, a vast native forest on the North Island.
Chattanooga Times Free Press15d
A New Zealand mountain is granted personhood, recognizing it as sacred for 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 ...