Snow and ice loss warms the land surface and air, setting off a feedback loop of further ice loss. This destabilises the ...

Māori people celebrated on Friday as Mount Taranki in New Zealand officially became a person ... As of 2025, Mount Taranaki now has all the rights and responsibilities of a human person, a ...

It is, I aver, a sad state of affairs. There was a time, it seems so long ago now, that New Zealand was known for two things: rugby union and movies about hobbits. And yet now they suck at both.