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| * Waipu Highland Games (151st) |
1 January 2024 |
Caledonian Park, Waipu, Northland |
Details here
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| Burns Night - anniversary of Robert Burns' birth in 1759 |
25 January every year |
Traditionally celebrated with a Burns Supper (haggis etc) to celebrate the life of the poet. |
Create your own Burns Supper with a BBQ or whatever! And it doesn't have to be on the exact date. |
| * Turakina Highland Games (159th) |
27 January 2024 |
Turakina Domain, Cameron Rd, Turakina |
Details here
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| * Paeroa Highland Games & Tattoo |
10 February 2024 |
Paeroa Domain, Paeroa |
Details here |
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* RNZPBA Central North Island Centre Pipe Band contest. Free 1-day event
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2 March 2024 |
Soper Reserve, Newton Rd, Mt Maunganui.
10.30am on
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Sorry no other details. |
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RNZPBA Canterbury Centre pipe band contest.
Free 2-day event
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2-3 March 2024 |
Riccarton House/Bush, 16 Kahu Road, Christchurch |
See details here
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| * NZ Pipe Band Championships ("The Nationals") |
15-16 March 2024 |
Onewa Domain
Northcote, Auckland’
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Details here
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| * Easter Hawkes Bay Highland Games (contests for solo Piping & Highland dancing) |
30-31 March 2024 |
Lindisfarne College, Hastings |
Details to come |
| Tartan Day - celebrated today in USA & Canada (NZ & Oz celebrate International Tartan Day on Jul 1) |
6 April each year |
Anniversary of the Declaration of Arbroath in 1320) |
Wear a touch of tartan today to celebrate your Scottish heritage |
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Ceilidh - All ages, all abilities.
In association with the Auckland Scottish Fiddle Club and ScotsStringNZ annual music school.
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20 April 2024 |
Oratia Bowling Club, 515 West Coast Road, Oratia, Auckland |
Details, tickets etc here
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Traditional Scottish Music Concert.
Musicians from Scotland & Australia with students of ScotsStringNZ's traditional Scottish music school. |
27 April 2024 |
Harmony Hall, 4 Wynyard Street, Devonport, Auckland. |
Details, tickets etc here
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Clan Cameron NZ Annual Dinner.
Note: All Clans and their members are invited to attend!
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4 May 2024 |
Hawkes Bay Club, 53a Marine Parade, Bluff Hill, Napier.
See images here of this gracious and historic venue
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Full details, tickets etc here
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Te Kuiti Pipe Band 75th Jubilee
Celebration Ceilidh
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25 May 2024 |
Les Munro Civic Centre, Te Kuiti |
More details, tickets etc here
For a brief history of the Band, click here
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Taranaki Caledonian Pipe Band - Ceilidh 2024 Music & Dance Social.
Annual fundraiser |
22 June 2024 |
New Plymouth Club |
7pm start. More details on their Facebook page here
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| International Tartan Day - celebrated today in NZ and Australia |
1 July each year |
Anniversary of the repeal of the 1747 Act of Proscription |
Another chance to wear tartan and celebrate your heritage |
| Anniversary of Robert Burns' death |
21 July every year |
Scotland's great poet dies in 1796. |
We celebrate his birth, we may also like to commemorate his death |
| St Andrews Day |
30 November every year |
Scotland's National Day, a public holiday there and the Scots traditionally hold a celebration around this time |
If there's nothing on near you, why not arrange your own St Andrew's "do"?
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