Highland games this November
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Clan Matheson
More about the New Zealand branch
We’ve updated the page on this website about our organisation, the New Zealand branch of the Clan Matheson Society. There are contact details for the committee members and other people who support the branch, and more about the different roles people play to make the branch tick. Check it out, and see if you can
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Exciting refresh of our newsletter
The New Zealand branch of the Clan Matheson Society has been publishing a newsletter since the branch began in 1989. Now, under a new editor, our newsletter has a new look and fresh approach. The newsletter is a forum for people to share stories and information about their Matheson heritage, and a source of news
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Auckland Highland Games on Saturday 18 November
A day of all things Scottish and Celtic. Haggis, whisky, food stalls, dancers, pipers, jewellery, clothing, drummers, warriors, clans, kilts, Highland sports and games, pipe bands and clan opening ceremony with a welcome in Gaelic, and a grand finale with dancers & massed bands. Go along to Ellerslie Events Centre in Auckland this Saturday, 18
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Can you help support the Clan Matheson Society in New Zealand?
There have been some changes in the group of volunteers who run the New Zealand branch of the Clan Matheson Society. Further volunteers are needed, so if you can help please contact any committee member (listed here).
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Clan members to gather in Auckland
The New Zealand branch of the Clan Matheson Society is having its annual meeting in Auckland on Sunday 30 July, and all members and potential members are welcome. Please feel free to come along and help guide the branch’s activities over the next year, and meet other clan members. The meeting is at the Logan
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New Zealand Mathesons in the Second World War
This Anzac Day sees a new section on the Clan Matheson New Zealand website about New Zealand Mathesons who served in the Second World War. Telling their stories is a large exercise, made difficult in part because the WW2 service personnel files have not yet been digitised, unlike those from WW1. To kick this project
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Updated WW1 stories
We know of 80 Mathesons who went overseas from New Zealand to fight in the First World War. They’re listed on our website, and you can now follow links from 25 of the 80 entries to find out more about some individuals. In passing I’ve written accounts of four Mathesons who served in other countries’ armed
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More publications about Mathesons in New Zealand
I’ve discovered two more publications about Mathesons in New Zealand, and profiled them on the Clan Matheson website. By ‘Chance’ to Victoria is, despite the title, more about New Zealand than Australia. It recounts the stories of the families of John and Elizabeth Matheson and Christopher and Ann McRae. The Paparimu Matheson family tree details
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Mathiesons from Southland in the First World War
I’ve added material to the page on the clan website that contains additional information about Mathesons who served in the First World War. Thanks to one of the publications about New Zealand Mathesons, I’ve been able to tell something of the story of twin brothers Alexander Victor Mathieson and William Alfred Mathieson and their cousin
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