The company has previously been thwarted through legal challenges right up to the Supreme Court and is currently going through the fast-track consenting process.

Ngāruahine's John Hooker says growing trust between iwi and council will bring real benefits to the district.ANDY JACKSON / Stuff South Taranaki’s iwi and council have drawn up a new ...

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 ...

The recognition of Mount Taranaki's personhood is much more than a legal formality. It acknowledges the mountain's significance to the Taranaki Māori.

New Zealand on Thursday passed a landmark law granting Mount Taranaki the status of a legal person, in a move that recognizes its cultural significance to Māori iwi (people) as a sacred ancestor. This ...

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 ...

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

“Today is a historic day for nga iwi o Taranaki,” Goldsmith said in the House. Goldsmith said since the signing of the Treaty in 1840, the Crown’s actions had caused the iwi of Taranaki ...

Nine years of negotiations between the Crown and Taranaki iwi have concluded following Te Pire Whakatupua mō Te Kāhui Tupua/the Taranaki Maunga Collective Redress... Join the Times Online Newsletter ...

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

It means Taranaki Maunga [Mt Taranaki] will effectively own itself, with representatives of the local tribes, iwi, and government working together to manage it.

A firearms manufacturing plant headed by Israel Weapon Industries (IWI) US, Inc. is coming to Anderson County, according to documents filed with county officials.