The Whanganui River is officially a living being and legal person. Māori leaders explain how Indigenous knowledge and ...

New Zealand could face twice as many of the most extreme atmospheric rivers by the end of the century, according to new research by the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA). It ...

For the first time in New Zealand's history, the country's lawmakers have granted a river the legal rights of a human. The parliamentary vote Wednesday, which caps more than 140 years of legal ...

People are being urged to take extreme care around water this summer after a deadly day at New Zealand rivers and beaches ...

WHANGANUI, New Zealand (AP) — The Whanganui River is surging into the ocean, fattened from days of winter rain and yellowed from the earth and clay that has collapsed into its sides. Logs and debris ...