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Haurongo: Hillary, Edmund Percival

Tenzing Norgay and Ed Hillary, 1971

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Tenzing Norgay and Ed Hillary, 1971

In 1971 Hillary’s Everest climbing companion Tenzing Norgay and his wife, Daku, made a tour of New Zealand as guests of the Himalayan Trust. Tenzing’s appearances at Trust events helped with fundraising, but in between, Hillary showed him the sights of New Zealand. They were photographed for the Evening Postwhile in Wellington on 11 August.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library, Dominion Post Collection (PA-Group-00685)

Reference: EP/1971/3690/6A-F

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Shaun Barnett. 'Hillary, Edmund Percival', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 2010. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/28305/tenzing-norgay-and-ed-hillary-1971 (accessed 4 June 2026).