Edmund Hillary was the first person from New Zealand to reach the summit of Mount Everest on the 29th May 1953
Mount Everest. He, along with Nepalese Sherpa Tenzing Norgay were the first people to reach the summit of Mount Everest in 1953. He was part of a team of over 400 people who went on the expedition.
New Zealand's first motorized toboggan was made by Sir Charles Jones and you can find it in Fairlie.
Total 19 cricketers. Australia=1 England= 10 New Zealand= 1 India= 1 West Indies= 6 Sir Don Bradman, Sir Gary Sobers, Sir Vivian Richards , Sir Richard Hadlee
The first New Zealander to win an Olympic medal was Harry Kerr who won a Bronze in the 3500m walk in London in 1908. However this was part of a combined New Zealand and Australia team. The first Gold medal was won by swimmer Malcolm Champion in the 4x200m relay in 1912; this was also as part of a combined Australasian team. New Zealand sent its own team for the first time to Antwerp in 1920 and Darcy Hadfield won a Bronze medal in the Single Sculls. New Zealand's first Gold Medal for a New Zealand team was won in Amsterdam in 1928 by welterweight boxer, Ted Morgan.
Sir Edmund Hillary was a New Zealand national.
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Edmund Hillary became a famous New Zealander once he had reached the summit of Mount Everest. It had brought much regconition to himself and New Zealand.
Edmund Hillary was the first person from New Zealand to reach the summit of Mount Everest on the 29th May 1953
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A person from New Zealand. Sir Edmund Hillary, Peter Jackson, the fullas from Flight of the Conchords... they're all New Zealanders!
The country that Sir. Edmond Hillary belongs to is New Zealand. Sir Edmond was the famous mountaineer who climbed Mount Everest with his guide, Tenzing Norgay. However, this telling of the expedition made Tenzing look very bad.
Sir Ed Hillary was a New Zealander. He died in 2008
Sir Edmund Hillary was the first person to climb Mt Everest. Therefore, the first New Zealander.