Four people were flown to hospital after two jetboats crashed on the Whanganui River on Saturday. Police said they were called to the accident, some kilometres upriver from Whanganui City, just before ...

In 2017, New Zealand recognized the Whanganui River as human, as part of a settlement with its local tribe. The bill recognizing the mountain's personhood was affirmed unanimously by Parliament's ...

Ken Mair, a leader of the landmark iwi reclamation, says a lot has changed in the 30 years since they made their stand.

This isn't New Zealand's first foray into granting personhood to natural entities. A similar bill in 2014 recognized the Te Urewera forest as a legal person, followed by the Whanganui River in 2017.

The Whanganui Journey is the only one of our ... Geologically, it is the only place in New Zealand where a river begins its journey on the opposite side of the main divide to where it joins ...

Blues trio BB and the Bullets have signed a deal with a renowned French label after a year packed with almost 100 gigs and a ...