I’ve heard it said that New Zealand has more pipe bands per head of population than any other country in the world, including Scotland. I’m not sure whether or not that’s true, but one thing’s for certain — the tradition of Highland games is very much alive and well in this country. A new section in […]
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The AGM of the New Zealand branch of the Clan Matheson Society will be held this Sunday in Auckland. Your attendance would be appreciated, so if you can please go along to lend your support. You won’t get press-ganged into a job that you don’t want, but if you are able to help the committee
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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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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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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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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 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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The Clan Matheson Society’s first international gathering outside Scotland took place here in New Zealand as well as in Australia. Chief’s lieutenant Doug Matheson remembers the event back in 2008, in an article on the clan website’s past events page.
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Don’t forget these events coming up. The Grand Pageant at Waipu, a once-in-a-decade experience, will be staged on Friday 11 and Saturday 12 January 2013. Otago and Southland members are gathering at Drumsara Vineyard in Alexandra on Sunday 17 February. The annual clan picnic will be at Cornwall Park in Auckland on Sunday 24 February.
