During the three-week study abroad, students hiked more than 25 miles up various iconic peaks, biked 40 miles on the Otago ...

Widely regarded as one of the world’s great train journeys, the TranzAlpine Express offers an unforgettable adventure across ...

The second-highest mountain in New Zealand has been granted ‘personhood’ by the NZ parliament because it is regarded as the ...

Eruption action plan for Mt Ruapehu club lodges ... The system evaluates the current level of volcanic unrest or eruption of the volcanoes in Tongariro National Park. The New Zealand Volcanic Alert ...

Watching a film or a show often leaves viewers with the thought, “I need to go there.” It could be the sun-drenched Greek ...

Addressing past wrongs, the New Zealand government has officially given the 2,500m volcano on the North Island the same ...

Mount Taranaki in New Zealand is legally a person, enjoying all the rights and responsibilities of a human being. The move places the mountain back into the hands of the Māori tribe, who see the ...

Mount Taranaki joins Te Urewera, a vast native forest on the North Island, and the Whanganui River in being recognised as people under New Zealand's laws. A mountain in New Zealand is now legally ...

WELLINGTON, - Concerns are mounting in New Zealand as the Cook Islands’ Prime Minister travels to China this week to sign agreements without properly consulting with New Zealand, despite the two ...

Mount Taranaki — now known as Taranaki Maunga, its Māori name — is the latest natural feature to be granted personhood in New Zealand, which has ruled that a river and a stretch of sacred ...

Jan. 31 (UPI) --The New Zealand government granted Mount Taranaki the same legal rights as a person after the country agreed to compensate its indigenous inhabitants for past colonization.