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Haurongo: Hillary, Edmund Percival

Success on Everest

In May 1953, Edmund Hillary and his climbing companion Tenzing Norgay became the first people to stand on top of Mt Everest. At the same time, Queen Elizabeth II awaited her coronation at Westminster Abbey, London. Read the newspaper headlines from that historic day.

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Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Auckland Council Libraries − Tāmaki Pātaka Kōrero o Tāmaki Makaurau

Reference: Auckland Star, 2 June 1953, p. 1

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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/zoomify/28429/success-on-everest (accessed 4 June 2026).