A Māori pa, or fortified village, on the Whanganui River, on the North Island of New Zealand in 1902. Print Collector/Hulton Archive/Getty Images Te Mataruru Marae -- or Māori communal place ...

Been a while since you visited Central Otago? Well, there’s much more than just breathtaking landscapes. Alexia Santamaria ...

More than 40 years later, a handful of laws is beginning to give effect to Stone’s “radical new theory.” A river in New Zealand has led the way.

Chris Finlayson, New Zealand Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations, admitted the arrangement is a unique one in the country's history — but he says it's not as unfamiliar as you may think.

A river in New Zealand has become the first in the world to be granted the same legal rights as a person. Wellington in New Zealand passed a bill on Wednesday for the Whanganui River, which flows f… ...

The new status of the Whanganui River, or Te Awa Tupua, is believed to be unique in the world. The Maori people recognise the river as part of the living mountains and the sea.

To the Maori, indigenous people who live along New Zealand’s Whanganui River, the water isn’t only sacred — it’s part of their being. The community has a saying, “Ko au te awa. Ko te awa ...

For more than 700 years, the Maori, the indigenous people of New Zealand, fought to maintain their spiritual connection to the Whanganui River. Mostly, it was a losing battle: Rapids were ...

The Maori, the indigenous Polynesian people of New Zealand, had been fighting for more than 160 years to get legal protection for the river. The Whanganui tribes have nurtured a deep connection ...