A pōwhiri unlike anything seen in Taranaki before marked the start of the biggest kapa haka competition in the world. The ...

Te Matatini officially got underway in New Plymouth on Monday with an emotional pōwhiri from the Taranaki hau kāinga, ...

The biennial Te Matatini festival has registered its highest number of teams on record, with 55 groups set to take the stage ...

The first day of Te Matatini o Te Kahui Maunga has set a high benchmark with thousands gathering under the shadow of Taranaki Maunga to watch the their favourite kapa haka groups take the stage.

she said it “acknowledges the special relationship between the Indigenous people of Taranaki and the Maunga.” The mountain’s legal personality Te Kāhui Tupua, while technically nonhuman ...

By Kristine Sabillo New Zealand has formally granted a mountain legal personhood for the first time, recognizing not only its ...

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

this week Parliament bestowed legal personhood on Taranaki Maunga under the name Te Kāhui Tupua. The personhood is not bestowed on the central maunga in isolation, but on "a living and ...

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 ...