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Scottish New Zealanders are New Zealanders of Scottish ancestry or who originate from Scotland.The number of New Zealanders who are descended from Scots is unknown, as the New Zealand census asks for ethnicity, not ancestry, and most have now assimilated; nonetheless, the vast majority of Pākehā, or European New Zealanders are of British and Irish descent, and it has been estimated that 1 ...
The Scottish diaspora consists of Scottish people who emigrated from Scotland and their descendants.The diaspora is concentrated in countries such as the United States, Canada, Australia, England, New Zealand, Ireland and to a lesser extent Argentina, Chile, and Brazil.
The Games were sports meets that brought together Scottish settlers and the wider New Zealand public. In so doing, the Games gave Scots a path to cultural integration as Scottish New Zealanders. [68] In the 1961 census there were 47,078 people living in New Zealand who were born in Scotland; in the 2013 census there were 25,953 in this category ...
Clan Davidson is a Highland Scottish clan and a member of the Chattan Confederation. [4] ... New Zealand, 1998–2014 ... Clan Davidson Society in Australia, Inc.
Robert Hogg (New Zealand politician) Linda Holloway; Alister Howden; James Howden (rugby union) Bill Hume (footballer) James Hume (superintendent) George Hunter (mayor) George Hunter (politician, born 1821) John Hutcheson; George Hutchison (New Zealand politician) William Hutchison (New Zealand politician)
The band organisation comprises a Grade One band, a Grade Three band, a Grade 4 development band, supporters club and an administrative body. It is New Zealand's largest pipe organisation, with more than 110 members. [2] It performs at an average of 45 community events each year. [1]
Due to New Zealand's geographic isolation, several centuries passed before the next phase of settlement, that of Europeans. Only then did the original inhabitants need to distinguish themselves from the new arrivals, using the adjective "māori" which means "ordinary" or "indigenous" which later became a noun although the term New Zealand native was common until about 1890.
In 1949, at New Plymouth, Hamilton won the street parade and quickstep but were second overall by one point. After a few years break from attending national contests, in 1952 at Napier, the band were 4th overall in the A Grade, an impressive feat, considering the Band was the youngest ever taken to compete in that grade.