Events In History
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7 November 1970Aoraki/Mt Cook face conquered by hippiesLong-haired Christchurch mountaineers John Glasgow and Peter Gough became the first to scale the 2000-m Caroline Face of Aoraki/Mt Cook, declaring it a ‘triumph for the hippies’ Read more...
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Main image: Painting of Aoraki/Mt Cook, 1846
Ngāi Tahu's sacred maunga (mountain) Aoraki (Mt Cook) in 1846. Watercolour by Charles Heaphy