A New Zealand foreign minister’s visited Nepal for the first time, more than 70 years since our countries were linked following the ascent of Mt Everest.

Winston Peters flew from Kathmandu to the Everest region on Thursday, where he toured a school and a hospital created by the charity Sir Edmund Hillary founded in the 1960s.

Sir Edmund Hillary’s grandson Alexander Hillary joined him and he speaks with Heather du Plessis-Allan now.

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