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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 Otago Association was founded in 1845 by adherents of the Free Church of Scotland with the purpose of establishing a colony of like-minded Scots in Otago in the South Island of New Zealand, chiefly at Dunedin. In addition to religion, the economy was also a motivator in the association's foundation and operations.
The band was established in 1925 and is based in Palmerston North, New Zealand. [ 1 ] The band has a close affiliation with Manawatu Scottish Society, extending back to when the band was first formed.
This is a list of New Zealand organisations with royal patronage. Cancer Society of New Zealand [1] Corps of Royal New Zealand Engineers; Corps of Royal New Zealand Military Police; New Zealand Conservation Trust [2] New Zealand Medical Association [3] New Zealand Riding for the Disabled Association [4] New Zealand Thoroughbred Breeders ...
Its full name is "The Grand Lodge of Antient, Free and Accepted Masons of New Zealand". The Grand Lodge of New Zealand was constituted on 30 April 1890, [ 1 ] however Freemasonry operated in New Zealand since at least 1837 under the older English, Irish, and Scottish constitutions.
New Zealand is a multiethnic society, and home to people of many different national origins. ... [n 1] [7] Most New Zealanders are of English, [68] Scottish, ...
New Zealand portal; Scotland portal; Scottish-New Zealanders includes New Zealand people of Scottish birth or ancestry. (In accordance with Wikipedia:Categories, the applicability of the category should be based on a consensus that the connection to Scotland is important enough to include in the article text before this category can properly be considered.)
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 ...