In 1953, the ascent of Everest remained the last of Earth's great challenges. Standing at over 29,000ft, the world's highest mountain posed a fearsome challenge and had already claimed thirteen lives in previous expeditions.
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It’s Beginning to Feel a Lot Like Christmas
Christmas. It's a magical time, filled with laughter, food, family, friends and love. It is a finale to the year, a religious celebration and the entry to summer holidays and relaxation.
Fun Facts – 10 October 2013
Fun Fact #1 Over 2000 years ago, Eratosthenes estimated the Earth's circumference and was accurate to ...
Q & A With Aidan Lang – General Director of New Zealand Opera
Q: We're expecting to see lot of Sondheim in the song list. What do you think ...
Mandy Patinkin and Nathan Gunn in Concert
Broadway legend Mandy Patinkin returns to Auckland with globally in-demand opera baritone Nathan Gunn for a ...
Fun Facts – 2 October 2013
Fun Fact #1 While the human brain is quite remarkable one thing it cannot do is ...
Fun Facts – 25 September 2013
Fun Fact #1 About 85% of people breathe out of only one nostril at a time. ...
Fun Facts – 18 September 2013
Fun Fact #1 Cats have free floating clavicle bones, unlike humans whose clavicles are set in ...
Fun Facts – 11 September 2013
Fun Fact #1 The Marsupial Lion was the largest meat-eating animal to have ever lived in ...
A New Challenge: Stella 459
Now, I had previously told myself after three long hard years making a feature film I would take a back seat on any future films, in fact I actually promised my husband I would. But here I go again!