More links and websites
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Canterbury Mountaineering Club
This site includes a short history, and information on the club's huts in the Southern Alps.
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Hillary returns
This 1953 newsreel on the NZ On Screen website shows Sir Edmund Hillary on his return to New Zealand after climbing Everest.
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New Zealand Alpine Club
The website of the major mountaineering club has information about climbing, huts and club activities.
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No mean feat
A 2002 documentary, on the NZ On Screen website, follows Mark Inglis as he attempts to climb Aoraki/Mt Cook on prosthetic legs.
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Otago Tramping and Mountaineering Club
The club’s website includes a full history of its activities.
More suggestions and sources
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Hillary, Edmund. High adventure. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1955.
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Logan, Hugh. Classic peaks of New Zealand. Nelson: Craig Potton, 2002.
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Mannering, Guy. The Hermitage years of Mannering and Dixon. Geraldine: GM Publications, 2000.
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Palman, Alex. Aoraki Mt Cook: a guide to mountaineering in the Aoraki/Mt Cook region including the Westland Glaciers and Godley Valley. Christchurch: New Zealand Alpine Club, 2001.
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Pascoe, John. Great days in New Zealand mountaineering. Wellington: A. H. & A. W. Reed, 1958.
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Wilson, Jim. Aorangi: the story of Mount Cook. Christchurch: Whitcombe & Tombs, 1968.