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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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Ceilidh in Te Uku
Family fun hosted by Waikato and BOP Scottish Country Dancers |
2 June (Sunday) 2024 |
Te Uku Memorial Hall, 38 Matakotea Road, Raglan 3295 |
7-9 pm
See full details here
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Hamilton Caledonian Society's Pipe Band Concert "PipeWorks 2024".
Fundraiser, two performances (2pm & 7pm), great music, raffles, half-time refreshments
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8 June 2024 |
Southwell School Performing Arts Centre, 200 Peachgrove Rd, Claudelands, Hamilton |
See details, buy tickets etc 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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Kirking of the Tartan
The Scottish Clans Association - Auckland invites you to this annual event.
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30 June 2024 (Sunday)
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St Andrew's Church,
2 Symonds St, Auckland.
Meet at 9:30am for the 10am service, cup of tea & haggis after
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Its roots go back to the aftermath of the Battle of Culloden - see details of this historical ceremony 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 |
Clan Cameron Auckland - Annual Dinner
All Clans welcome!
Great entertainment with City of Auckland Pipe Band's fusion band "Originz" plus folk singers Paul Brown and Noel Armstrong
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6 July 2024 |
‘The Parnell’, 10-20 Gladstone Road, Parnell, Auckland.
6pm for 6.30 pm
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Full details, tickets etc here
Note: There will also be a display of items off "The Blenheim", which landed in Wellington Dec 1840 with many Scottish immigrants.
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| 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 |
Clan McKenzie "get together"
10am - morning tea and guest speaker.
11am - free tour of the Wigram Airforce Museum.
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28 July 2024 |
Wigram Airforce Museum
45 Harvard Avenue, Wigram, Christchurch 8042 |
For more details -
Contact Jock McKenzie jwmck900@gmail or phone Jock on 0274507264 |
| 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 |
How about your own St Andrew's "do"? Invite your friends, ask them to wear a touch of tartan, have food with a Scottish flavour... any excuse for a party!
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Waipu Highland Games
A change from the traditional date of 1 January! A fun-filled New Year's Eve, with piping, dancing, stalls, and traditional Highland sports from 9am - plus a Ceilidh in the evening. |
31 December 2024 |
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