New Zealand Society
Scotland

 

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We are a social network for New Zealanders and people with links to New Zealand in Scotland.

Our membership is open to everyone with a connection with New Zealand. Since inception those with strong links to the Land of the Long White Cloud have made new friendships, and re-kindled old ones, at our functions and events.

"Keeping Kilted Kiwis in touch"

Events

Throughout the year we hold a number of events. The key events in our calender are:

Waitangi Day - Edinburgh
ANZAC Ceremony - Arbroath
Scottish National Hangi - Perthshire

We issue a newsletter periodically to all members with details of upcoming NZ Society Scotland events and other items with links to New Zealand happening in and around Scotland.

History

We were established in 1998 - to read about our history, including how we started please visit the About Us page.

 

 

 

 

Upcoming Events

'Hui and Haggis': Scotland-New Zealand Reception

Sunday 25 October
5.00-6.30pm
Council Chambers, Old Viewforth, Stirling

Provost Fergus Wood invites you to a Civic Reception to hear story, music and song from the other side of world, hosted by the city of Stirling for Maori storyteller, Rangimoana Taylor, and the New Zealand Society Scotland. 65% of New Zealanders claim Scottish ancestry, so Homecoming 2009 is an ideal time for us to celebrate the ancestral and cultural links between the two countries. Part of the Scottish International Storytelling Festival. Free, but places must be booked in advance for catering numbers from the Festival Box Office by Monday 19 October – tel: 0131 556 9579 or call in at 43-45 High Street, Edinburgh EH1 1SR or visit: www.scottishstorytellingcentre.co.uk. For more details tel: 0795 191 8366.

Previous events

150th Otago Settlement Anniversary Concert - Scone
Dedication of Memorial Plaque to WWII NZ Airmen who died in Scotland
Hill of Fearn Primary School - Ross-shire
Robert Gordon College - Aberdeen Sub-Group Launch

2006 ANZAC Ceremony
Sharing NZ's culture
2006 Hangi