Mount Taranaki in New Zealand is legally a person, enjoying all the rights and responsibilities of a human being. The move ...

A mountain in New Zealand considered an ancestor by Indigenous people was recognized as a legal person on Thursday after a ...

The stretch of golf-ball-size pumice rocks was first spotted this week by a New Zealand air force plane about 1,000 kilometres northwest of Auckland. The rocks stretch for about 26,000 square ...

Māori people celebrated on Friday as Mount Taranki in New Zealand officially became a person and, with that, was renamed ...

A volcanic eruption on New Zealand's White Island has killed five people, but the death toll could rise again once rescuers carry out a thorough search for bodies. Several people were missing and ...

Taupō Volcano is a massive caldera (collapsed volcano) located beneath Lake Taupō in the central North Island of New Zealand. It is one of the most active and powerful volcanic systems on ...

the country's parliament has officially granted legal personhood to this majestic volcanic giant and its surrounding peaks. This makes Taranaki the third natural feature in New Zealand to receive ...

The management company of White Island, the site of a volcanic eruption in 2019, was found guilty on one count of breaching New Zealand health and safety law. Five Americans were among the 22 ...

A second person has died in an Australian hospital after succumbing to injuries suffered in New Zealand's White Island volcano disaster. They are the 18th person to have died in the tragedy on ...

In New Zealand, at least one person was killed, several injured and others reported missing after a volcano erupted off the east coast of its North Island on Monday, spewing a plume of ash thousands ...