Mt Everest
Calls for official celebration of Everest Day
On the 70th anniversary of Hillary and Tenzing sitting on top of the world's tallest peak, efforts continue to mark the feat with an official celebration in New Zealand.
Calls for Everest Day to be recognised in NZ
The Nepalese community is calling for upcoming Everest Day to be recognised in the New Zealand government calendar. Wallace talks to Dinesh Kahdka, the president of the NZ Nepal Chamber of Commerce. Audio
Calling Home: Grant 'Axe' Rawlinson in Singapore
This morning on Calling Home we talk to Grant Rawlinson. The Taranaki native lives with wife Stefanie and twin daughters Kate and Rachel. He's Calling Home this morning from Singapore. Audio, Gallery
US correspondent's wrap of the week
US correspondent Karen Kasler joins the show to discuss the big stories of the week, including Joe Biden's assertion that Israel has a right to defend itself and issues with growing migrant numbers at… Audio
Sir Michael Morpurgo: Covid-19 will leave us a kinder world
Sir Michael Morpurgo believes that once the Covid-19 pandemic is beaten, the world will be a kinder, more compassionate place. The War Horse author joins the show to discuss the pandemic and the light… Audio
Kate Murphy: You're Not Listening
Self-improvement guru Dale Carnegie always said listening was key to getting ahead in life. Journalist Kate Murphy takes a closer look at the art of listening in her new book, You're Not Listening:… Audio
Sherpa Tenzing's sons travel through Aotearoa
As China cuts the number of climbers at Mt Everest, Sherpa Tenzing Norgay's sons are in New Zealand to discuss indigenous approaches to tourism with Māori. Audio
Mt Everest's Hillary Step 'still there' - Peter Hillary
Peter Hillary says there's no evidence the Hillary Step has gone. He's just returned from Nepal, and says the question of whether the step was destroyed in a 2015 earthquake is not a geological… Audio
The New Zealanders who shaped climbing history
Sir Edmund Hillary's 1953 expedition to the top of Mt Everest with Sherpa Tenzing Norgay is remembered as one of the greatest achievements by a New Zealander. But the dream team of New Zealand… Audio, Gallery
Going Up is Easy - Part 9
People seem determined to cast doubt on her most mountaineering significant achievement. Audio
Going Up is Easy - Part 7
The barriers that mountaineers face aren't just physical and environmental. Audio
Four deaths in four days on Mt Everest
There have been four deaths in four days on Mt Everest as the first climbing season for two years draws to a close. Two more are feared dead. The world's highest peak has been closed to climbers for… Audio
Gareth Davies
The play Everest Untold, by Gareth Davies, tells the little known story of New Zealand mountaineer George Lowe and British Mount Everest Expedition army Colonel Sir John Hunt; the men who in 1953… Audio
Our Own Odysseys - Kathmandu Catastrophe
Wellington photographer and keen mountaineer Andre Budd was on a climbing tour in the Himalayans when the earthquake struck Nepal last April... Audio
Lydia Bradey the first New Zealand woman to climb Mt Everest
Getting to the top of Mt Everest was for our most famous New Zealander, Sir Edmund Hillary, the making of a legend. But the same feat for Lydia Bradey, the first New Zealand woman to get to the top of… Audio, Gallery