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 centenary of the First World War is getting close, and will be commemorated both internationally and in New Zealand. Here the national WW100 programme is helping New Zealanders take part in remembering and commemorating the war that had such an impact on our society. A new page on this Clan Matheson Society website explains the WW100
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Alexander Matheson (Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Fergus Matheson of Matheson, younger), son of Sir Fergus Matheson, has been appointed in the 2012 British New Year’s honours list a Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order. This award recognises distinguished personal service to the Queen or the monarchy. Congratulations!
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The epic migration of Scottish Highlanders to Waipu in Northland is an important part of the family history of a number of Mathesons in New Zealand. This story is being kept alive by the community in the area settled by the Highlanders, and the 2013 Waipu Grand Pageant was an important contribution to that effort. The
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Some clan members are connecting through the Facebook group www.facebook.com/groups/ClanMathesonNewZealand. The group is for people with Matheson/Mathieson connections in New Zealand to contact kinsfolk and share their common Highland heritage. This group is not officially part of the New Zealand branch of the Clan Matheson Society, but supports it and encourages Mathesons and Mathiesons in New
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