New Zealand's Department of Conservation put ... as Te Tōpuni Kōkōrangi given responsibility to caretake the mountain range. The Crown had previously agreed to share its ownership of the ...

Aoraki is 12,218 feet high and is part of the Southern Alps, the scenic and icy mountain range that runs the length of New Zealand's South Island. A settlement of the same name at its base is a ...

Henry shares his recent weeks-long adventure in New Zealand ✓ Where he trekked on glaciers and hiked mountains with an IWC ...

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 ...

Around the world: Taranaki Maunga, a mountain in New Zealand, has been granted legal personhood, Rwanda initiates Heritage Forest project safeguarding ancient native trees, Kimberley Aboriginal ...

New Zealand has formally granted a mountain legal personhood for the first time, recognizing not only its importance to Māori tribes but also paving the way for its future environmental protection.

A hub for hiking, mountain biking, camping and fishing ... which is also home to native New Zealand kauri trees. However, the trees are facing extinction, so visitors are asked to pay careful ...

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 ...