Clan Matheson Society member Trevor Matheson has been appointed as New Zealand’s ambassador to Indonesia, the most populous country in Southeast Asia and an important partner for New Zealand. Trevor is currently New Zealand’s ambassador to Italy and a number of other European nations, and has had a distinguished diplomatic career.
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I’ve updated the page on Matheson merchandise, removing businesses that seem to have gone out of business and adding new entries. If you know of any other places in New Zealand where Mathesons can buy Highland apparel or accessories, please add a comment below.
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There are and have been many Highland pipe bands in New Zealand, and one wore the Matheson tartan in its uniform. The history of the Strath Taieri Highland Pipe Band, written by Elliot Matheson, explains why.
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Five members of the New Zealand branch of the Clan Matheson Society attended the 2014 international gathering in Scotland. You can read about the event here.
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The New Zealand branch of the Clan Matheson Society was founded 25 years ago. To mark the occasion members, families and friends gathered recently in Auckland. Read more about the event here.
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The New Zealand branch of the Clan Matheson Society is a quarter of a century old, and to mark this milestone clan members are gathering for lunch in Auckland on Sunday 10 August. Full details are here.
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Joining the Clan Matheson Society gives you access to help with researching your own family history. Margaret Faed does this work as a volunteer for the society in New Zealand, and tells how she got the family history ‘bug’: “How did I get started? My mother-in-law was born Alice Matheson in Whorouly, in Australia. The family
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Back in October we profiled Te Papa’s quest to identify First World War soldiers pictured in photographs discovered in Wellington. One of the subjects was named Matheson. A curator at the museum, Michael Fitzgerald, has now solved the puzzle. You can read the answer here.
If you know anything about John Thomas Mathieson, who farmed near Paeroa about 100 years ago, please comment on this post.
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You can catch up with news from branches of the Clan Matheson Society around the world, in the 2014 international newsletter. Members of the Clan Matheson Society in New Zealand have just received their copies by email.
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