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Scott Simper knew he was sick when he reached the summit of Mt Everest. He didn't know it was Covid-19.

Covid 19 coronavirus: Northland's Nepalese community racked with worry for home country 14 May, 2021 05:00 PM 5 minutes to read Whangārei resident Padam Acharya has lost two friends to Covid in Nepal. Photo / Michael Cunningham Nepalese living in Northland are racked with worry as the Covid-19 crisis ravages their home country. Many of their family members have fled to remote villages to escape the turmoil in Kathmandu, which is in lockdown, and New Zealand charities in Nepal are urging Kiwis to help fund vital oxygen, vaccines and other medical supplies. Whangārei resident Padam Acharya is...

Vaccinations are a key part of delivering health care and no one should miss out on life-saving vaccines regardless of where they live in the world, or how remote, says Kiwi mountaineer Peter Hillary.

Mountain Scene By MARK PRICE Two Himalayan high-flyers will be guest speakers at tomorrow night’s Rotary Club of Queenstown fundraising dinner and auction. One is mountaineer Peter Hillary, the well-known son of the late Sir Edmund Hillary who  was first to climb Mt Everest. The other’s local chopper pilot Jason Laing who flew rescue helicopters on Mt Everest — considered to be one of the world’s most dangerous jobs. Hillary participated in many of his father’s expeditions and projects, travelling to the North Pole, up India’s Ganges River, and climbing in the Hi...