Mount Matheson
The list of Matheson place names in New Zealand has grown, with addition of Mount Matheson in south Westland.
Treasures of the National Library
A group with Matheson connections gathered at the new National Library in Wellington on 22 June, to dip into the wealth of information available there. You can read about this clan gathering here.
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Mathieson place names in New Zealand
Our survey of Matheson place names in New Zealand has been expanded to include Mathieson place names: five roads/streets/avenues found so far. Check them out here, with links to Google maps, and let us know if you find any more!
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Clan Society committee plans improvements
The committee of your clan society met in Auckland recently, and have planned improvements for the New Zealand branch which you can read about here. Please join the society; a modest subscription will help the branch foster Matheson connections in New Zealand.
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Clan event in Wellington on Saturday 22 June
Members in Wellington and nearby areas are warmly invited to a clan tour of the National Library on Saturday 22 June. Join us in the ‘Home’ cafe from 10am, before starting a guided tour of the rich resources of the newly-refurbished National Library, including the Alexander Turnbull collection. Details here.
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Transtasman clan gathering
Clan Matheson Society members from New Zealand gathered in Melbourne recently with for a weekend of activities with their Australian counterparts. There’s a news item and photos of the gathering here.
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When is Tartan Day?
There’s a new post about Tartan Day on this website. Some interesting facts: New Zealanders and Australians celebrate this differently from the rest of the world, and Tartan Day didn’t originate in Scotland. In fact it’s not very ancient at all, though it does recall ancient traditions.
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Tartan Day church service in Auckland
Tartan Day in New Zealand will be celebrated on Monday 1 July. The Scottish Clans Association in Auckland is holding a Tartan Day commemoration service to mark this event. The service will be at St Andrew’s First Presbyterian Church (where else?) in Lower Symonds Street, Auckland, on Sunday 30 June at 10 am. All are
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Finding out more about those who served in the First World War
The centenary of the First World War is getting close, and will be commemorated both internationally and in New Zealand. Here the national WW100 programme is helping New Zealanders take part in remembering and commemorating the war that had such an impact on our society. A new page on this Clan Matheson Society website explains the WW100
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Where Mathesons lived in Great Britain, then and now
Check out maps of where Mathesons lived in Great Britain in the late 19th century and at the very end of the 20th, in this new article on the clan website.
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