Grading Committee Decisions - August 2025 - RNZPBA
The Royal New Zealand Pipe Bands ’ Association’s Grading Committee has made the following determinations following the conclusion of the …
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Within Living Memory - Otago Daily Times
More than 15 bands from Otago and Southland competed in the annual Otago-Southland winter contest in Green Island yesterday (August 1985). The pipe …
152nd Waipu Highland Games - 5000 Attendees Unfazed by Scottish Weather - NZ Herald
What do tartan, bagpipes and haggis have in common? If you guessed Scotland, you’re right, and all three were out in force at the 152nd Waipu …
Traditional Scottish Piping Tunes Part of St Andrew's Concert Series - Gisborne Herald
Audiences can expect the rousing sounds of traditional Scottish piping tunes when The Gisborne City Highland Pipe Band plays at St Andrew’s …
VIDEO: Young Kiwi Bagpiper Stirs the Soul With a Tune on Doorstep of Ancestral Angus Glens Cottage
Kiwi Rupert Nielsen playing the bagpipes at Buckhood Cottage in Glen Prosen, Angus. Rupert playing in the garden at Buckhood, Glen Prosen.
Stratford Pipe Band Offering Lessons for Drummers and Pipers - NZ Herald
The Stratford Pipe band is offering lessons for pipers and drummers of all levels. Marjorie Pedersen, who tutors beginner players and plays the …
Napier Pipe Band Adds Sea Shanty to Repertoire for Art Deco Show - NZ Herald
… the Napier Pipe Band on bagpipes. This New Zealand folk song, new to The Napier Pipe Band’s repertoire, will be played at the Art Deco …
Northland's Waipū Highland Games Celebrates 150 Years - NZ Herald
The sound of bagpipes welcomed Northlanders into the New Year at the 150th Waipū Highland games on Sunday, after two years of postponement due to …
Bagpipes at Otago Polytechnic Graduation
Raewyn Jones, of Wellington (centre), celebrates with City of Dunedin Pipe Band musicians Ashley Honewell (left) and Pat Adams, after graduating with …
Pipe Band Stalwarts Top in Country
NATIONAL ACCLAIM: Gisborne City Highland Pipe Band members (from left) David Andrew, Bryson Watt, and Kelly McCafferty topped a survey in …
First Open Day for South Canterbury Highland Pipe Band
Drumming attracted the most attention as the South Canterbury Highland Pipe Band’s inaugural open day signed up five new members. Band member and …
Pipe Band Concert at St Andrew's Church
The Gisborne Highland Pipe Band is to present a concert celebrating 100 years of Highland pipe bands in the region as part of the St Andrew’s …