which focuses on conservation and improving livelihoods for Indigenous peoples and other rainforest communities. Over in Peru, part of USAID’s $135 million funding in 2024 was dedicated to ...

Wellington polytechs Whitireia and WelTec are considering closing their central city campus, Te Kāhui Auaha. They are among Te Pūkenga divisions reviewing their programmes and properties to see how ...

A stronger atmospheric river is set to hit Northern California on Monday and then hit Los Angeles County on Tuesday, aiding hopes of a more definitive end to a devastating fire weather season for ...

A 8,200ft mountain has now been recognised as a person in a bizarre move by New Zealand. The country's government recognised Mount Taranaki - now known by its Maori name, Taranaki Maunga - after ...

Public access will remain. Do other parts of New Zealand have personhood? New Zealand was the first country in the world to recognize natural features as people when a law passed in 2014 granted ...

New Zealand was the first country in the world to recognize natural features as people when a law passed in 2014 granted personhood to Te Urewera, a vast native forest on the North Island.

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 ...

New Zealand was the first country in the world to recognize natural features as people when a law passed in 2014 granted personhood to Te Urewera, a vast native forest on the North Island.

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. A mountain in New Zealand considered an ancestor by Indigenous people was recognised as a legal person on ...

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With rains beginning to subside Monday morning, most flash flood and debris flow warnings were expiring across Southern California’s burn areas, but forecasters said a chance of thunderstorms ...