Ed Hillary and June Mulgrew tour Nepal's Solu Khumbu in 1984. In the late 1980s, Hillary and Mulgrew resided throughout India when Hillary was the New Zealand ambassador, and they travelled widely in the area. Hillary retired in 1989, the year they married. Hillary's official companion during his tenure as New Zealand's High Commissioner to India and Nepal, which he concluded in July, was June Mulgrew.
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