Watching NZ Story on TVNZ One, about Lydia Bradey the first woman to summit Everest, thinking about Bas's Tibet/Nepal ride next year.
Then they showed a clip from an old news broadcast which had (I'm pretty sure) Geoff Gabites, as NZ Alpine Club President, commenting about the feat being officially recognized.
Check out the episode, series 1 ep3, the Geoff bit was towards the end
No escaping Adventure South even when being lazy watching TV!