The Associated Press on MSN15d
New Zealand grants a mountain personhood, recognizing Taranaki Maunga as sacred to the Indigenous Māori people
The legal recognition acknowledges the mountain's theft from the Māori of the Taranaki region after New Zealand was colonized ...
News Tribune1mon
Family spots wood sticking out of sand dune — and finds historic item in New Zealand
Photo from Manatū Taonga / New Zealand's Ministry for Culture and Heritage On a remote island of New Zealand, a family noticed some wood fragments sticking out of a sand dune — and found a ...
Miami Herald29d
Hidden labyrinths and wood in plain site: Here are the latest ancient discoveries
Wood protruding from the sand in two countries led to major archaeological discoveries. Photo from Manatū Taonga / New Zealand's Ministry for Culture and Heritage The summaries below were drafted ...
Smithsonian Magazine24d
Fossilized Poop Reveals How Extinct, Flightless Birds Helped Spread New Zealand’s Colorful Fungi
Boast and a team of researchers, for example, are using fossilized dung to learn more about the diets of extinct flightless birds called moa that once roamed around New Zealand. Coprolites helped ...