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Source: New Zealand Herald
Following the death of Sir Edmund Hillary, the first man to reach the top of Mount Everest, there have been calls for a public holiday in his honour. Some of the ideas floated about are a new public holiday on May 29 (the anniversary of his 1953 climb), or renaming the existing Waitangi Day public holiday. Prime Minister Helen Clark said she had given "no consideration", yet.
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New Zealand Urged To Declare Edmund Hillary Public Holiday