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Historic HB: The battle to climb Mount Ruapehu 12 Mar, 2021 02:43 PM 7 minutes to read Lydia Birch, the first European woman to ascend Mount Ruapehu on March 9, 1881. Credit: Patricia Keiller Hawkes Bay Today By: Michael Fowler The past week marked International Women's Day on March 8 and the next day the first ascent of the 2797m Mount Ruapehu by a European woman – Lydia Birch, 140 years ago on March 9, 1881. Read More Lydia Etheldreda Larden was born in England in 1853, and married in England her cousin, William John Birch in 1874. William brought his new bride to New ...