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Monthly on the first Friday at St Luke’s Church, 130 Remuera Rd. All instruments welcome to read through favourite Scottish tunes and dance sets. Info: www.freewebs.com/aucklandscottishfiddleclub

Scottish country dance event at Ngaio Town Hall, Ottawa Road, Ngaio. Info: www.wellingtonscd.org.nz

CELTIC dancing for FUN! live music, family friendly, refreshments provided - great low-cost friendly night out for all ages and abilities at 126 Point Chevalier Rd. Info: www.kingandpower.co.nz

St Luke's Church, 130 Remuera Rd, Auckland 7.30pm - 10pm. Info: [email protected]

World Whisky Day is a global celebration of world whiskies. Info: www.WorldWhiskyDay.com

Maybe a school reading book in Dunbar, his home town (near Edinburgh) spiked John Muir’s interest in all aspects of nature. Aged 11 (1849) the family emigrated to Wisconsin. John Dalgety will explain how Muir’s passion – exploring Yosemite and such places, meant advocating for their preservation with repercussions around the world at the Victoria University ... Read more

Let's have a ceilidh! Bring along your favourite people, grab your dancing shoes and your water bottle, and let's have a night full of dancing at Te Atatu Peninsula Community Centre, 595 Te Atatu Rd. Info: www.facebook.com/aucklandceilidhs

Monthly on the first Friday at St Luke’s Church, 130 Remuera Rd. All instruments welcome to read through favourite Scottish tunes and dance sets. Info: www.freewebs.com/aucklandscottishfiddleclub

St Luke's Church, 130 Remuera Rd, Auckland 7.30pm - 10pm. Info: [email protected]

A ceilidh is held on the 2nd Saturday of each month - except January - in the City of Wellington Pipe Band Hall from 8.00pm - 12.00am. We are a very family oriented organisation and we encourage participation by all ages. All welcome.Info: www.wellingtongaelicclub.org.nz

Come along to the City of Nelson Highland Pipe Band Ceilidh, and come dancing! Held at the Sun City Darts Club Hall, Guppy Park, Sovereign Street, Nelson. To purchase email: [email protected] for a numbered ticket.

Stuart Hudson's lifelong passion has been, and is, climbing the hills of his native Scotland, New Zealand and elsewhere. How the mountain Schiehallion played a major part in calculating the weight of the Earth is one of the fascinating stories he has to tell at the Victoria University of Wellington Law School, Old Government Buildings, Lambton Quay ... Read more

Celebrated on July 1, the anniversary of the Repeal Proclamation of 1782 annulling the Act of Proscription of 1747, which had made wearing tartan an offense punishable. Wear some tartan today with pride!

St Luke's Church, 130 Remuera Rd, Auckland 7.30pm - 10pm. Info: [email protected]

A ceilidh is held on the 2nd Saturday of each month - except January - in the City of Wellington Pipe Band Hall from 8.00pm - 12.00am. We are a very family oriented organisation and we encourage participation by all ages. All welcome.Info: www.wellingtongaelicclub.org.nz

The Picts are becoming better documented.  Fortunately, ongoing discoveries on Pictish society continue to be published by archaeologists and  academics. Alison Morris will attempt to give an update on some of the more recently available information, referring particularly to the family graveyard of her paternal grandmother in the Forfar area, and the enigmatic carved stones to be ... Read more

St Luke's Church, 130 Remuera Rd, Auckland 7.30pm - 10pm. Info: [email protected]

A ceilidh is held on the 2nd Saturday of each month - except January - in the City of Wellington Pipe Band Hall from 8.00pm - 12.00am. We are a very family oriented organisation and we encourage participation by all ages. All welcome.Info: www.wellingtongaelicclub.org.nz

In December 1840 around 200 Scottish settlers, mostly from Lochaber and Skye, with a contingent from Paisley and Glasgow, landed at Kaiwharawhara (established the first Scottish settlement in New Zealand there) from where they spread throughout the country. For the 175th Anniversary (of the arrival in 2015) NZ writer Hugh McPhail (a descendant) researched the lives of ... Read more

St Luke's Church, 130 Remuera Rd, Auckland 7.30pm - 10pm. Info: [email protected]

A ceilidh is held on the 2nd Saturday of each month - except January - in the City of Wellington Pipe Band Hall from 8.00pm - 12.00am. We are a very family oriented organisation and we encourage participation by all ages. All welcome.Info: www.wellingtongaelicclub.org.nz

A ceilidh is held on the 2nd Saturday of each month - except January - in the City of Wellington Pipe Band Hall from 8.00pm - 12.00am. We are a very family oriented organisation and we encourage participation by all ages. All welcome.Info: www.wellingtongaelicclub.org.nz

Fifth generation member of the family, Nicky Hobbs will ‘show’ us beautiful Riccarton House (acquired by Christchurch Council in 1947) and share the story of these amazing Scottish pioneers, including Jane’s ten-year wait in Scotland to marry John until he got established in this new country, then, as a widow made her family prosper  at the Victoria ... Read more

St Luke's Church, 130 Remuera Rd, Auckland 7.30pm - 10pm. Info: [email protected]

A ceilidh is held on the 2nd Saturday of each month - except January - in the City of Wellington Pipe Band Hall from 8.00pm - 12.00am. We are a very family oriented organisation and we encourage participation by all ages. All welcome.Info: www.wellingtongaelicclub.org.nz

Glamis Castle (near Forfar, north of Perth) was the childhood home of the late Queen Mother. NZ Writer Julia Millen will talk about her Scottish family connection with the castle. As usual – this being the last meeting of the year, we shall start with a brief review of 2021 and look forward to 2022  at the ... Read more

A Scottish Festival with a Kiwi twist, with pipe bands, strong men, Clans, and plenty of fun for teh whole family at Hororata Domain. Info: www.hororatahighlandgames.org.nz

St Luke's Church, 130 Remuera Rd, Auckland 7.30pm - 10pm. Info: [email protected]

A ceilidh is held on the 2nd Saturday of each month - except January - in the City of Wellington Pipe Band Hall from 8.00pm - 12.00am. We are a very family oriented organisation and we encourage participation by all ages. All welcome.Info: www.wellingtongaelicclub.org.nz

Saint Andrew’s Day is Scotland’s official national day. Celebrate St Andrew’s Day (or in Scottish Gaelic ‘Là Naomh Anndrais’), Scotland’s patron saint!

St Luke's Church, 130 Remuera Rd, Auckland 7.30pm - 10pm. Info: [email protected]