Waiwhare School 1952 George Lowe
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George Lowe was the first principal of Waiwhare School. He was relieving teacher for 1952 until the appointment of Mr WK (Ken) Foster as permanent principal. He is seen here with Sir Edmund Hillary during a radio broadcast after arriving home from the Everest expedition of 1953. The photo is from “Voices in the Air” by Peter Downes and Peter Harcourt, 1976.
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Waiwhare SchoolFormat of the original
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- Sir Edmund Hillary
- George Lowe
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