Welcome to Clan MacLennan New Zealand. Our Clan genealogy pages for New Zealand have probably the best coverage of any region in the world – with roots going back to Scotland and elsewhere. The evidence for the work include official record citations, certificates, headstones and much more. We have good coverage of the McLennans who migrated from Cape Breton, Nova Scotia to Waipu (and surrounds). Access to the on-line Clan database is available simply by joining the Clan association – please click on “Membership application” on this page.
We attend Highland Gatherings in different parts of NZ, our Facebook page is a place to connect with other Clan members.
A free Clan travel guide is available as an eBook from the Genealogy section of this website – click on “Scotland Travel Guide” – Genealogy
Upcoming events:
Saturday 25 January 2020 – 156th Turakina Highland Games – meet us at our tent – More at www.turakinahighlandgames.co.nz
Saturday 8 February 2020 – 27th Paeroa Highland Games & Tattoo – meet us at our tent – More at www.paeroahighlandgames.co.nz
15 February 2020 – Wellington Pipe band competition
Join us:
- assist clanfolk to better understand their heritage and
- to assist each other to research family ancestors.
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Contacts:
General:
Email: info-nz@clanmaclennan-worldwide.com
Genealogy:
Email: famhist@clanmaclennan-worldwide.com
Clan MacLennan Tartan & Crested Goods for sale:
Visit Ross McClennan’s Scots Corner: www.scotscorner.co.nz
Some New Zealand McLennans:
Professor Ian McLennan – www.otago.ac.nz
Chris McLennan Photography – www.cmphoto.co.nz/
Edward Duncan McLennan – Killed at Gallipoli – see also Clan database record for Edward Duncan
Duncan McLennan and family memorials at Papakura – see also Clan database record for Duncan McLennan 1810-1898
Stewart Bell McLennan – see also Clan database record for Stewart Bell McLennan
Andrew McLennan – musician, singer, and songwriter – see Clan database records for Andrew McLennan
Recent events:
1 Jan 2020 Waipu Games
26 Jan 2019 – 155th Turakina Highland Games – join us at or tent and parade (More information – www.turakinahighlandgames.co.nz/ )
July 2018 – Worldwide Clan Gathering, Inverness, Scotland – 2018 Gathering
28th January 2017 – 153rd Turakina Highland Games – come and meet us at our Clan tent. Join us in the Clans March at 12.30 am. (more at www.turakinahighlandgames.co.nz )
11th February 2017, 9am to 9pm – Paeroa Highland Games & Tattoo – at the Paeroa Domain – come and meet us at our Clan tent (more at www.paeroahighlandgames.co.nz ) – join us in the Parade at 11.00 am.
30 January 2016 – 152nd Turakina Highland Games – come and meet us at our Clan tent (more at www.turakinahighlandgames.co.nz )
It is with great sadness that we share the passing of Relna Lillian McLennan Campbell Moore, of Tauranga, 1933-2019 - proud descendant of Donald Campbell McLennan from Middle River, Cape Breton NS, who migrated to New Zealand on the "Gertude" in 1856 - ID number i18901 in the Clan Records - or click clanmaclennan-worldwide.com/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I18901&tree=tree101
AND also a descendant of Isabella McLennan ID number i25960 of Middle River - clanmaclennan-worldwide.com/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=i25960&tree=tree101
Thank you to Andrew Chapman, Cape Breton to New Zealand - the 2nd Highland migration (Facebook Group)
Play4Peace - worldwide concert for reconcilation and co-operation on 11 Nov. Instigator of the project Neil McLennan invites you to play an instrument - anywhere...
The WW1 Roll of Honour in the timber Presbyterian Church at Kaurihohore, Northland, New Zealand. Many of these families had migrated first to Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia or PEI from Applecross and other parishes on the west coast of Scotland. In the 1850s they moved on again to the north of New Zealand.
David Alexander McLennan (i11240 in the Clan Records) died in the Dardanelles, and Alexander McLennan (i11767) in the Somme, France – both were sons of Norman and Isabella McLennan of Kaurihohore.
Find more war fallen on our Clan Roll of Honour at www.clanmaclennan-worldwide.com/ww1-maclennan-roll-of-honour/
Please contribute your own stories and images of WW1 fallen.