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If you need an emergency callout in the Far North you’re in good hands. Kohukohu fire chief Neil Matheson was runner up in the recent Northland emergency response driver competition. Well done!

That’s a bit rough. John Mathieson of Nelson has installed a device to measure sunshine hours, as a community benefit. Not one, but three, as they keep getting stolen. He’s genuinely perplexed as to why people would go to such trouble to take a specialised instrument that’s there for community benefit. As are we.

Do you download our newsletter from the Clan Matheson New Zealand website? If so, we’d like to know your thoughts and suggestions for the newsletter. If you receive the newsletter by email, you will have already received a survey link. If you download it from the website, you can use this QR code. Thanks for

The current Chief of Clan Matheson is Sir Alexander Matheson, 8th Baronet of Lochalsh. Exactly 100 years ago his great-uncle, the 3rd Baronet of Lochalsh and also named Sir Alexander Matheson, lived in Wellington. Among his pastimes was haranguing the city council about the poor state of the capital’s roads, and writing frequently in local

There’s a new section on the Clan Matheson New Zealand website about Scottish heritage. As you dig into your Matheson heritage and family stories, you’ll end up in Scotland sooner or later. Here we are publishing items about the land our ancestors came from.

What’s kirkin’ o’ the tartan? Go along to St Andrew’s church in central Auckland on Sunday 25 June to find out.

A good samaritan helps saves his neighbour’s life. Graham Mathieson worked with Police in Ruatoria to rescue an 89-year old from floodwaters.