The Associated Press on MSN15d
New Zealand grants a mountain personhood, recognizing Taranaki Maunga as sacred to the Indigenous Māori people
The legal recognition acknowledges the mountain's theft from the Māori of the Taranaki region after New Zealand was colonized ...
Large bush fire in North Canterbury, six helicopters responding, homes evacuated
People have been evacuated from their homes around the Island Hills where fire crews are battling an uncontained bush fire.
North Canterbury bushfire prompts evacuations, closes State Highway 7
Firefighters will remain on the scene of a large scrub fire in rural Canterbury which has ballooned in size and forced evacuations of homes this afternoon. In an update this evening, Fire and ...
Locals evacuated as firefighters battle North Canterbury blaze
Residents have been evacuated from their homes in rural North Canterbury as fire crews battle an uncontained bushfire.
Mountain in New Zealand now legally considered a person under new law
The mountain is the third natural feature in New Zealand to be conferred personhood. Read more at straitstimes.com.
New Zealand's Mount Taranaki Granted Personhood
Addressing past wrongs, the New Zealand government has officially given the 2,500m volcano on the North Island the same ...
London Evening Standard11d
‘Hardest Geezer’ to take on 3,000km run spanning the length of New Zealand
before finishing at Cape Reinga in Northland at the top of the North Island. Overcoming challenging adventures has had a massive impact on my life and I’m so excited to see what New Zealand has ...
The New Zealand Herald26d
Weather: North Island faces heavy rain, thunderstorms as subtropical low moves in
Aucklanders are being warned to secure outdoor furniture and prepare for short-notice harbour bridge lane closures as a slow-moving subtropical low affects the North Island. In Whangārei ...