It was a bright morning on New Years Day for the Waipu Highland Games at the Caledonian Grounds. However, there were some ominous dark clouds on the horizon that indicated possible rain later in the day. The official start to the Games had the Waipu Pipe Band leading the Clans March from the Monument into […]
It was a warm but showery day on Sunday the 10th of December for the Clan Donald Auckland Pre-Christmas Lunch. And once again the luncheon was held in the Highlander Bar of the Northcote Tavern. This was the 5th year that the event was held in the Highlander Bar, which not only has a fantastic […]
The 7th annual Hororata Highland Games were held on Saturday 11th November and attracted record crowd of well over 10,000 people plus 12 pipe bands, over 100 Highland dancers, 58 solo pipers and drummers and 20 heavy athlete competitors. The weather was damp early on but right on queue at 11.00 am as the crowd stilled for […]
The Battle of Prestonpans (1745) Heritage Trust have secured support for the creation of Memorial Tables to be placed and dedicated at Prestonpans on 15th September 2018. The Battle of Prestonpans was the first significant conflict in the Jacobite Rising of 1745. The Battle took place early morning on 21st September 1745. The Jacobite army led […]
On Saturday the 14th of October the Executive and 28 members of Clan Donald Auckland met at 11.30am at Ryders in Avondale, for a rustic style home cooked lunch with trumpet ice cream for dessert, followed by the movie the “Stone of Destiny”. Executive Committee members Geoff Parry and Lynnette McDonald chatting with members before […]
Clan Donald Hawkes Bay held its Annual Dinner in the Community Centre, Havelock North on 1 July 2017 to coincide with International Tartan Day. The number attending was 31, somewhat down on the year before but a good turnout nonetheless considering that the event clashed with a Rugby Test between the Lions and the All […]
At the 2017 National Pipe Band Contest in Nelson in March, the Grade 3 Champion Pipe Band was presented with a cash prize from the Clan Donald Lands Trust. The Clan Donald Lands Trust is fully committed to supporting Gaelic culture in all its forms. It was decided that the cash prize of $1,000, to […]
On Friday night, the 16th June, Clan Donald Canterbury submerged themselves, as usual, into a night of fun and laughter at the start of their winter social calendar. We congregated at Christine and Elwyn Martin’s house for a quiz night. Members were in teams of two with Adrienne Pamment as quizmaster and Christine Martin as […]
On a beautiful but cool Autumn evening on the 6th of May, members and friends of Clan Donald Auckland gathered in the Rutherford Room of Alexandra Park for the 20th Anniversary Dinner. It was a very auspicious occasion for Clan Donald Auckland as this was the celebration of the society becoming incorporated in 1997. The significance was […]
For the third year in a row the Paeroa Highland Games enjoyed a fabulous Summers day. Saturday the 11th of February dawned clear and bright, and as the morning progressed it got very hot as there was just a very light breeze. The Paeroa Domain is a great site for the highland games with plenty […]