In 2017, New Zealand granted legal personhood to the Whanganui River. Since then, other nations have followed suit in an effort to protect the environment.

Photographing New Zealand is a new series of landscape photography vlogs. Where I take you on the adventure with me, to ...

I n what’s believed to be a world first, New Zealand’s government has granted a river the same rights as a living person.. The Whanganui River, considered part of the living landscape by the ...

Photographing New Zealand is a new series of landscape photography vlogs. Where I take you on the adventure with me, to showcase this incredible country through timelapse, photo and video. In this ...

Indeed, New Zealand is a land of lakes, with more than 775 that are at least a half kilometer (one third of a mile) long. Some are massive like Lake Taupo on the North Island.

Huka Lodge, located on the banks of New Zealand's Waikato River, has 20 suites and two cottages and recently underwent a renovation. Here's what it's like to stay.

Maori don't own, the New Zealand government doesn't own this land. It is its own person, it cannot be owned.' Posted 6 Sep 2016 6 Sep 2016 Tue 6 Sep 2016 at 4:53am , updated 6 Sep 2016 6 Sep 2016 ...

River cities increasingly vulnerable New Zealand owes its stunning landscape partly to the country’s long record of intense rainfall. Rain regularly dumped on its mountains has carved rivers ...

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 ...

In 2017, New Zealand passed a groundbreaking law granting personhood status to the Whanganui River. The law declares that the river is a living whole, from the mountains to the sea, incorporating ...

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 ...

In 2017, New Zealand granted legal personhood to the Whanganui River. Since then, other nations have followed suit in an effort to protect the environment.