Taranaki Maunga and its surrounding peaks are collectively known as the legal person, Te Kāhui Tupua.
Te Ao Māori
August 22, 2025
A spill of more than 16,000 litres of diesel from a fatal tanker crash has led to pollution fears at the Puarenga Stream in Rotorua.
August 20, 2025
Ten rangatahi, aged between 18 and 30, will represent iwi from across the motu on behalf of the National Iwi Chairs Forum (NICF).
August 5, 2025
Wairau Bar, or Te Pokohiwi o Kupe, in Marlborough region is one of the country's most significant archaeological sites.
July 10, 2025
Despite numerous rulings by courts against an application from a mining company to mine iron sands off the Taranaki coast, the Government's fast-track law could see it approved.
May 26, 2025
Officers checking people on the coast find almost one in three is over the bag limit and/or taking undersized kaimoana.
April 21, 2025
Apple users will notice a new ability to search for Māori place names, iwi and marae.
March 27, 2025
A bill granting Taranaki Maunga and its associated peaks their new status is expected to pass into law tomorrow.
January 29, 2025
RMA Minister Chris Bishop says he's looking at making "improvements" to the Government's fast-track consenting legislation.
May 8, 2024
Australian company Trans-Tasman Resources is seeking consent to mine the ironsand-rich seabed off South Taranaki.
March 13, 2024
Over seven days, marine ecologists have been using open-top chambers to see how species react to heat.
February 27, 2024
Whale jawbones taken from a shed in Taranaki leaves iwi — as kaitiaki — feeling a deep sense of loss.
February 21, 2024
Iwi and hapū groups in Hawke’s Bay and Gisborne are using environmental DNA testing systems to better understand the effects of cyclones on their eco-systems.
February 14, 2024
But organiser Nick Ryan says the fishing competition will go ahead and he has confirmed with police that public access can't be blocked.
January 23, 2024
Twenty-four marae across Te Waipounamu are enhancing disaster preparedness with repurposed shipping containers.
December 19, 2023
Twenty-four Hawke's Bay whānau members are living in marae, 14 of them at Waipatu.
August 15, 2023
