Today in 1953, New Zealand explorer Sir Edmund Hillary, “knocked the bastard off,” the world’s highest peak, Mt Everest.
Watch footage of history being made here.
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Waitangi Day is just around the corner, and as this uniquely New Zealand commemoration day looms, many of us find ourselves asking: “Just who are we in terms of national identity?”
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