Under-sea mountains are key locations for predators -- with 41 times more sharks than the open ocean, new research shows.

The Cook Islands lie halfway between New Zealand and Hawaii and are made up of 15 islands and atolls spread over 700 square ...

A mountain in New Zealand considered an ancestor by Indigenous people was recognized as a legal person on Jan. 30 after a new ...

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 ...

A 8,200ft mountain has now been recognised as a person in a bizarre move by New Zealand. The country's government ... culture and rights be recognised under law. Local tribes were handed billions ...

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 responsibilities of a human being.

The second-highest mountain on New Zealand’s North Island ... This means that its former name, Mount Egmont, given under colonial rule by explorer James Cook in the 18th century, is relegated to ...

But colonizers of New Zealand in the 18th and 19th centuries took first the name of Taranaki and then the mountain itself. In 1770, the British explorer Captain James Cook spotted the peak from ...

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 ...