Maybe you can blame it on Sir Edmund Hillary, the New Zealander who along with Sherpa Tenzing Norgay became the first humans to summit Mount Everest in 1953. Ever since then, that other “Land Down ...

(CNN) -- Prime Minister Helen Clark said today that the passing of Sir Edmund Hillary is a profound loss to New Zealand. "My thoughts are with Lady Hillary, Sir Edmund's children, wider family, and ...

(CNN)-- Edmund Hillary, who gained worldwide fame after ... A beekeeper who served during World War II in the Royal New Zealand Air Force, Hillary began climbing while in high school and traveled ...

Rhys Darby is a New Zealand-born comedian and actor known for his roles in Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle and The Boat That ...

The remains of a mountaineer who attempted to scale Mount Everest 100 years ago have been found by an expedition team led by National Geographic, raising the question of whether Edmund Hilary was ...

Tom Hiddleston is set to star as Sir Edmund Hillary in Apple Original Films’ Tenzing about Sherpa Tenzing Norgay, who guided the New Zealand explorer to Mount Everest’s summit in 1953 ...

As Nepal marked ten years since the 2015 earthquake, some scars remain—but so does the strength of the Nepali people and our ...

New Zealand mountaineer Peter Hillary was trekking towards Everest Base Camp when the 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck Nepal ...