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Legend from Aoraki
Sir Edmund Hillary will always be remembered for his conquest of the world’s tallest peak – Mount Everest.



WORLD OF SCIECE
How bright?
Look up at the night sky. It is aglitter with heavenly bodies.

Living without violence
Gandhiji made non-violence a political weapon and showed those who were captive to violence and oppression, its power.

Of a feather
Switzerland (Helvetia) issued a set of four stamps on domestic birds in August 2007. The 85 centimes stamp features a common Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs), which feeds on insects and seeds. The 110c stamp shows a wall creeper ...

Singing parrots
Discovered by ornithologist John Gould, the budgerigars are very popular as pets.
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