Month: August 2025

This week, we continued with Sir Edmund Hillary, Jean Batten, and Ernest Rutherford — three

amazing New Zealanders who changed the world.

We found out about the incredible things they did:

● Sir Edmund Hillary was the first person to climb Mt Everest, and he helped build schools and

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● Jean Batten was a brave pilot who flew all the way from England to New Zealand by herself! (

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● Ernest Rutherford was a scientist who discovered important things about atoms — he even