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| April 18, 2010 | New plans on to save Everest conqueror Sir Edmund Hillary's house | | Auckland: Pressure is mounting on an Auckland millionaire
to donate Sir Edmund Hillary's family home for public use, with two new proposals on the table. Neighbour Terry Jarvis bought the Remuera house from Sir Ed 's family
after the Everest conqueror died. He had intended to demolish it, but there was
a public outcry after the Herald on Sunday made his plans public. He then offered
to give it to an appropriate organisation so the public could use it. Proposals
to move it to explorer Graham Dingle 's Kaipara adventure centre or to Sir Edmund
Hillary Collegiate in Manukau have stalled because no one can agree who will pay.
Australian interests whose identities he refuses to disclose have now approached
Jarvis, a founder of Sky Television. But this week retired Tauranga farmer Owen
Douglas said his lawyer had written to Jarvis, offering to contribute to the cost
of moving it to a 100,000-dollar property on the edge of the Tongariro National
Park in the central North Island . "I want the house to be open to the public
down at Ohakune," he said. "It would be a monument to Sir Ed ." | |
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