{"id":64445,"date":"2018-07-13T14:06:53","date_gmt":"2018-07-13T14:06:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scotclans.com\/?p=64445"},"modified":"2022-02-26T13:59:17","modified_gmt":"2022-02-26T13:59:17","slug":"scots-new-zealand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/project1-m9gb2xku8.live-website.com\/?p=64445","title":{"rendered":"The Scots of New Zealand"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I recently ran a stall at The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scotclans.com\/scottish-clans\/clan-maclennan\/\">MacLennan<\/a> Gathering in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scotclans.com\/scotland\/visit-scotland\/scottish-places\/the-highland-region\/inverness\/\">Inverness<\/a>, around a quarter of those attending had travelled from New Zealand and proudly claimed Scottish ancestry. \u00a0New Zealand is\u00a0place that\u00a0couldn&#8217;t be further away from Scotland on the map but it&#8217;s inhabitants make up a good percentage of The Scottish Diaspora. \u00a0So inspired by the New Zealand MacLennans I am writing this blog to research\u00a0The Scots of New Zealand.<\/p>\n<p>Looking at a map of New Zealand\u00a0you can see many\u00a0Scottish\u00a0place names. \u00a0I am\u00a0sat writing this blog in Leith, Edinburgh I know that on the other\u00a0side of the word in New Zealand there is another Edinburgh &#8211; and another Leith. \u00a0Dunedin (D\u00f9n \u00c8ideann is Gaelic for Edinburgh and is known as the Edinburgh of the south) is\u00a0the second largest city In the South Island of New Zealand. Dunedin unsurprisingly is twinned with my Edinburgh and there is even a Princes Street!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_65338\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-65338\" style=\"width: 664px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-65338 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/project1-m9gb2xku8.live-website.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/NZ1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"664\" height=\"504\" srcset=\"https:\/\/project1-m9gb2xku8.live-website.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/NZ1.jpg 664w, https:\/\/project1-m9gb2xku8.live-website.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/NZ1-300x228.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 664px) 100vw, 664px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-65338\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><i>Princes Street, Dunedin<\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Four\u00a0of New Zealand&#8217;s\u00a0Prime Ministers were born in Scotland,\u00a0there are\u00a0Highland Games, Burns Suppers, Ceilidhs, Bagpipes,\u00a0they\u00a0celebrate Hogmanay and hold\u00a0a Tartan Day. There have been\u00a0two battalions of New Zealand Scottish affiliated to the Black Watch.<\/p>\n<h2>The Dunedin Tartan<\/h2>\n<p>The Dunedin Tartan tells the story of these ties &#8211; it&#8217;s red signifies the blood ties that Scottish settlers had to leave behind and the green symbolising new pastures- hope for the future.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_65339\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-65339\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-65339\" src=\"https:\/\/project1-m9gb2xku8.live-website.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/nz2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-65339\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><i>Dunedin Tartan<\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2>The History of Migration from Scotland to New Zealand<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_65340\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-65340\" style=\"width: 542px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-65340\" src=\"https:\/\/project1-m9gb2xku8.live-website.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/nz3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"542\" height=\"279\" srcset=\"https:\/\/project1-m9gb2xku8.live-website.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/nz3.jpg 542w, https:\/\/project1-m9gb2xku8.live-website.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/nz3-300x154.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 542px) 100vw, 542px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-65340\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><i>Captain Cook arriving in New Zealand<\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The first Scots to set foot in New Zealand were among the crew of Captain Cook&#8217;s ship Endeavour in 1769. Here Cook mapped the complete New Zealand coastline.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_65341\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-65341\" style=\"width: 269px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-65341\" src=\"https:\/\/project1-m9gb2xku8.live-website.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/nz4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"269\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/project1-m9gb2xku8.live-website.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/nz4.jpg 269w, https:\/\/project1-m9gb2xku8.live-website.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/nz4-231x300.jpg 231w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 269px) 100vw, 269px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-65341\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><i>1770 Chart of New Zealand by Captain James Cook<\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In 1826 the\u00a0first colonisation of\u00a0New Zealand from Great Britain was attempted, \u00a0two shiploads of immigrants arrived. However, many found conditions in the new country too harsh and resettled in New South Wales, leaving only a few hardy types behind. \u00a0It wasn&#8217;t until\u00a01840 before the British (including the Scots) began to emigrate\u00a0to New Zealand in any significant numbers, \u00a0after the Treaty of Waitangi, whereby Maori chiefs ceded overlordship to Queen Victoria in return for protection of their lands and rights. The trend of large scale migration from Scotland to New Zealand \u00a0ended in the 1930s when the world trade depression saw many emigrants returning home.<\/p>\n<h2>Why did Scots want to emigrate to New Zealand?<\/h2>\n<p>Life in 19th Century Scotland was hard for the average Scot. It was a period of profound economic and social change, a shift from agriculture to industry together with a split Church &#8211; life must have been tough and uncertain.<\/p>\n<p>This was the peak of the Highland Clearances (1840s and early 1850s) &#8211; Highland Gaels were forcibly evicted from their land, the migrant Highlanders joined those from Ireland and crowded into the cities looking for work and accommodation. Statistics show the level of growth &#8211; in 1851 in the ten principal Scottish towns 47% of their inhabitants had been born in them. In places like Greenock in 1801 Highlanders accounted for 29% of the population. But their numbers were soon to be dwarfed by the influx of Irish immigrants, \u00a0ill health and disease were accelerated by the rapid increase in the population.<\/p>\n<p>This graph shows the regions of Scotland the Scots migrated from.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_65342\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-65342\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-65342\" src=\"https:\/\/project1-m9gb2xku8.live-website.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/nz5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"335\" srcset=\"https:\/\/project1-m9gb2xku8.live-website.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/nz5.jpg 500w, https:\/\/project1-m9gb2xku8.live-website.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/nz5-300x201.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-65342\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><i>Table showing the general areas of Scotland that people emigrated from (table from https:\/\/nzhistory.govt.nz\/culture\/home-away-from-home\/the-scots)<\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Act of the Union in 1770 meant Scots gained the freedom of the British Empire. New Zealand became a British territory in 1840 and in the following decades immigration was the main source of New Zealand&#8217;s population growth.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-65344\" src=\"https:\/\/project1-m9gb2xku8.live-website.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/nz6-679x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"965\" srcset=\"https:\/\/project1-m9gb2xku8.live-website.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/nz6-679x1024.jpg 679w, https:\/\/project1-m9gb2xku8.live-website.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/nz6-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/project1-m9gb2xku8.live-website.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/nz6.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Emigration was perceived by trade unions and other voluntary groups as a practical solution to unemployment and economic depression. The Emigration Act of 1851, however, made emigration more accessible to the poorest, with the Highlands and Islands Emigration Society set up to manage the process of resettlement.<\/p>\n<p>For the impoverished Scot \u00a0Australia and New Zealand were the lands of opportunity. More than eighty-five thousand\u00a0emigrants\u00a0were granted free passage to New Zealand.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-65343\" src=\"https:\/\/project1-m9gb2xku8.live-website.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/nz7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"435\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/project1-m9gb2xku8.live-website.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/nz7.jpg 435w, https:\/\/project1-m9gb2xku8.live-website.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/nz7-186x300.jpg 186w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 435px) 100vw, 435px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The first Scottish\u00a0immigrants\u00a0were extremely successful and created opportunities,\u00a0by the 20th century, the skilled worker was the largest category among social groups who emigrated from Scotland. In 1912 and 1913, 47% of adult male emigrants from Scotland described themselves as skilled, compared with 36% of those from England and Wales. Only 29% categorised themselves as labourers. It is incorrect to think that all the emigrants from Scotland were refugees from The Highland Clearances. \u00a0Unlike places like Canada the\u00a0The\u00a0Scottish Gaelic language\u00a0and culture did not fare well.\u00a0Turakina\u00a0in\u00a0Wanganui\u00a0was originally settled by Gaelic speakers\u00a0but it didn&#8217;t survive (apart from the highland games).<br \/>\nNew Zealand was also never a place for convict resettlement.<\/p>\n<h2>Settling in a new land<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_65345\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-65345\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-65345\" src=\"https:\/\/project1-m9gb2xku8.live-website.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/nz8.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"387\" srcset=\"https:\/\/project1-m9gb2xku8.live-website.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/nz8.jpg 620w, https:\/\/project1-m9gb2xku8.live-website.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/nz8-300x187.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-65345\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><i>Transplanted from Scotland to New Zealand: &#8216;The Emigrants&#8217;, by Elizabeth Walker<\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The journey to Australasia by boat would have taken around two to two and a half months. Remember\u00a0\u00a0these were whole families traveling over to start a new life &#8211; this was quite a journey.<br \/>\nSteam boats were to take a far shorter time.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_65346\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-65346\" style=\"width: 765px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-65346\" src=\"https:\/\/project1-m9gb2xku8.live-website.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/nz9.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"765\" height=\"411\" srcset=\"https:\/\/project1-m9gb2xku8.live-website.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/nz9.jpg 765w, https:\/\/project1-m9gb2xku8.live-website.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/nz9-300x161.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 765px) 100vw, 765px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-65346\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><i>Port Lyttelton, showing Cressy just arriving, 27 December 1850<\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_65347\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-65347\" style=\"width: 576px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-65347\" src=\"https:\/\/project1-m9gb2xku8.live-website.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/nz10.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"576\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/project1-m9gb2xku8.live-website.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/nz10.jpg 576w, https:\/\/project1-m9gb2xku8.live-website.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/nz10-300x195.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-65347\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><i>The journey would have been extremely cramped and uncomfortable.<\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The award winning film The Piano follows the life of\u00a0a 19th Century Scottish Woman and her daughter as travel to New Zealand to start a new life.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_65348\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-65348\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-65348\" src=\"https:\/\/project1-m9gb2xku8.live-website.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/nz11.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"323\" srcset=\"https:\/\/project1-m9gb2xku8.live-website.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/nz11.jpg 600w, https:\/\/project1-m9gb2xku8.live-website.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/nz11-300x162.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-65348\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><i>The Piano &#8211; Holly Hunter plays Ada, a 19th-century Scottish woman who has agreed to make the arduous journey to New Zealand after her father arranges a marriage to New Zealand frontiersman Alistair Stewart (portrayed by Sam Neill).<\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>On landing at Port Chalmers on March 23 1848, one passenger on the John Wickliffe, the first ship to carry Scottish settlers to the South Island of New Zealand, wrote in his diary: \u201cAll seemed pleased and called it a goodly land \u2013 Port Chalmers and around is truly beautiful \u2013 rich in scenery \u2013 its slopes and shores are fertile, and wooded to the water\u2019s edge.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>When the people arrived\u00a0they often had to stay in large tents. \u00a0This painting by\u00a0Nelson shows the tents erected for the New Zealand Company officials and mechanics who arrived in November 1841 to survey and build accommodation for the early settlers.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_65349\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-65349\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-65349\" src=\"https:\/\/project1-m9gb2xku8.live-website.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/nz12.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"514\" srcset=\"https:\/\/project1-m9gb2xku8.live-website.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/nz12.jpg 660w, https:\/\/project1-m9gb2xku8.live-website.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/nz12-300x234.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-65349\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><i>Alexander Turnbull Library<br \/>Watercolour by Charles Heaphy<\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Large numbers of Scots came in the 1840s, settling mainly in Auckland and Wellington. An influx of Otago settlers arrived after 1848, and in the 1860s, gold miners flooded in. Assistance schemes enticed more to Otago and Canterbury in the 1870s. Between the world wars there was another surge. \u00a0Census estimates suggest that the Scots made up approximately 20 per cent of migrants to New Zealand between 1840 and 1950.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_65350\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-65350\" style=\"width: 280px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-65350\" src=\"https:\/\/project1-m9gb2xku8.live-website.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/nz13.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"280\" height=\"430\" srcset=\"https:\/\/project1-m9gb2xku8.live-website.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/nz13.jpg 280w, https:\/\/project1-m9gb2xku8.live-website.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/nz13-195x300.jpg 195w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 280px) 100vw, 280px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-65350\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><i>The Settlers Guide<\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This small booklet went on sale in 1886 &#8211; some helpful tips for new settlers.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_65351\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-65351\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-65351\" src=\"https:\/\/project1-m9gb2xku8.live-website.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/nz14.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"369\" srcset=\"https:\/\/project1-m9gb2xku8.live-website.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/nz14.jpg 500w, https:\/\/project1-m9gb2xku8.live-website.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/nz14-300x221.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-65351\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><i>Among some of the\u00a0first Scottish settlers reached Waip\u016b in 1854. Eight of the original settlers, all members of the MacKay and McKenzie families, were photographed several years later. From left to right, back row: Duncan McKenzie, Alexander MacKay, Jessie McKenzie, Daniel MacKay; front row: Duncan MacKay, Mrs W. McKenzie, Hector McKenzie, Emma MacKay.<\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>The Gold Rush<\/h2>\n<p>Scots spread throughout the country, though many favoured Otago and Southland. \u00a0Luckily gold was discovered in Otago in 1861 which boosted the wealth of the area and it&#8217;s Scottish inhabitants and also cemented connections with \u00a0Dunedin (The capital of Otago), Edinburgh and The Clyde.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_65352\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-65352\" style=\"width: 505px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-65352\" src=\"https:\/\/project1-m9gb2xku8.live-website.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/nz15.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"505\" height=\"404\" srcset=\"https:\/\/project1-m9gb2xku8.live-website.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/nz15.jpg 505w, https:\/\/project1-m9gb2xku8.live-website.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/nz15-300x240.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 505px) 100vw, 505px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-65352\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><i>1860s Goldmine<\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>The Legend of James McKenzie<\/h2>\n<p>It was a Scot who was to become one\u00a0New Zealand&#8217;s most enduring\u00a0folk heroes. Mckenzie emigrated to Australia around 1849, arriving in\u00a0Melbourne\u00a0where he purchased a team of bullocks for carrying goods to the gold-diggings. He managed to save \u00a31,000 and moved to New Zealand, arriving at\u00a0Nelson. McKenzie worked as a drover in\u00a0Canterbury\u00a0before moving on to\u00a0Otago\u00a0where he applied for a land grant in the\u00a0Mataura\u00a0district.<\/p>\n<p>In March 1855, Mckenzie was caught stealing 1,000 sheep from Levels Station, north of\u00a0Timaru. After escaping his accusers, he walked 160 kilometres (100\u00a0mi) to\u00a0Lyttelton, where he was caught by the police. He was subsequently sentenced to five years hard labour after being found guilty by a Lyttelton Supreme Court jury in April 1855.<\/p>\n<p>Mckenzie escaped from prison on at least two occasions, neither escape lasting more than three days, after which he was placed in irons and closely watched. In September 1855, the Christchurch resident magistrate investigated Mckenzie&#8217;s case and found serious flaws in the police inquiry and trial. Mckenzie was given an unconditional pardon on 11 January 1856 after spending only nine months in prison.<\/p>\n<h2>Rev Norman McLeod &#8211; The man who&#8217;s flock of 800 followed him from Scotland<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_65353\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-65353\" style=\"width: 240px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-65353\" src=\"https:\/\/project1-m9gb2xku8.live-website.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/nz16.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"341\" srcset=\"https:\/\/project1-m9gb2xku8.live-website.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/nz16.jpg 240w, https:\/\/project1-m9gb2xku8.live-website.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/nz16-211x300.jpg 211w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-65353\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><i>Rev Norman McLeod, (17 September 1780 \u2013 14 March 1866), was a Presbyterian minister from Scotland who led a significant settlement of Highlanders to Nova Scotia and finally to Waipu, New Zealand<\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Norman McLeod was born at Port na Chreadhaich, Clachtoll, Assynt in 1780. Because of his religious beliefs and his inclination to air them he was frequently in trouble with the church &#8211; and such was his persecution by the church, emigration seemed the only path open to him. On July 1817 he left his wife and children in Ullapool and sailed on the &#8216;Frances Ann&#8217; to Pictou, Nova Scotia. His talents as both sailor and preacher were utilised on the voyage and soon he had gained a faithful following that remained with him after reaching land. He was later joined in Pictou by his family and friends from Assynt.<\/p>\n<p>Highlanders in Ohio who had heard about his preaching invited him to be their minister and, with his flock willing to follow him, an 18 ton schooner was built to ferry them. They reached as far as St Ann&#8217;s Harbour where they found fish in abundance and land so fertile that they decided to settle there. Within a few years a school and church was built, Norman was ordained minister and by 1826 he was their teacher, minister and magistrate. He ran the community with a religious zeal suffering no infringement of his rules but they were relatively happy and prospered for twenty five years until disaster struck in the form of a ruined harvest. The settlement was facing starvation but a letter from Norman&#8217;s son Donald who had migrated to Australia previously set Norman&#8217;s mind on moving again. He persuaded many of his followers to make the move with him and in 1851, with 140 people on board, the first ship set sail for Adelaide. But that town was not what they expected nor had wished for, so in 1853 they set sail again and landed in New Zealand establishing a settlement in Waipu.<\/p>\n<p>All-in-all six ships and 800 people followed Norman and his descendants are still in Waipu to this day.<\/p>\n<h2>Most Common Surnames in New Zealand<\/h2>\n<p>Just looking at the most common\u00a0surnames in New Zealand you can see the dominance of the Scots. \u00a0Here are a few:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scotclans.com\/scottish-clans\/clan-smith\/\">Smith:<\/a>\u00a0comes from the North of England and Scotland, \u00a0Smith is considered a sept of\u00a0<a title=\"Clan MacFarlane\" href=\"http:\/\/www.scotclans.com\/scottish-clans\/clan-macfarlane\/\">Clan MacFarlane<\/a>.<strong><br \/>\nWilson, <\/strong>from both England and Scotland. \u00a0In Scotland Wilson is considered a sept of<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scotclans.com\/scottish-clans\/clan-gunn\/\"> Clan Gunn<\/a> and Clan MacFarlane<strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scotclans.com\/scottish-clans\/clan-broun\/\">Brown<\/a>:<\/strong>\u00a0a Scottish Clan from East Lothian and\u00a0Tweeddale<strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scotclans.com\/scottish-clans\/clan-taylor\/\">Taylor: <\/a><\/strong>a name from the British Isles, \u00a0in Scotland the Taylor family came from Montrose<strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scotclans.com\/scottish-clans\/clan-anderson\/\">Anderson<\/a>: \u00a0<\/strong>A\u00a0Clan name from\u00a0Badenoch, Scotland<strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scotclans.com\/scottish-clans\/clan-thomson\/\">Thompson<\/a>: \u00a0<\/strong>A name from most likely the Scottish Borders<strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scotclans.com\/scottish-clans\/clan-campbell\/\">Campbell<\/a>: <\/strong>\u00a0A Scottish Clan name from\u00a0Argyll<strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scotclans.com\/scottish-clans\/clan-johnstone\/\">Johnson<\/a>:\u00a0<\/strong>Danish, English, Scottish and Swedish origin &#8211; on Scotland it&#8217;s more commonly spelt Johnstone<br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scotclans.com\/scottish-clans\/clan-scott\/\">Scott<\/a><\/strong>: \u00a0Scottish Clan name from the Borders and Fife<br \/>\n<strong>Reid<\/strong>: \u00a0Old English name and in Scotland Reid is considered a Sept of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scotclans.com\/scottish-clans\/clan-robertson\/\">Clan Robertson<br \/>\n<\/a><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scotclans.com\/scottish-clans\/clan-stewart\/\">Stewart:<\/a>\u00a0 <\/strong>A clan name from\u00a0Renfrewshire, Teviotdale and Lauderdale, Scotland<br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scotclans.com\/scottish-clans\/clan-murray\/\">Murray<\/a>: \u00a0<\/strong>A clan name from Morayshire, Scotland<br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scotclans.com\/scottish-clans\/clan-armstrong\/\">Armstrong:<\/a><\/strong> \u00a0A clan name from the Scottish Borders<\/p>\n<p>The top surnames for New Zealand, Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch are:<\/p>\n<table border=\"1\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Top surnames<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>1913 (29808)<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>1963 (64955)<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>1988 (57999)<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>2003 (57946)<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>2013 (58297)<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>1<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Smith<\/td>\n<td>Smith<\/td>\n<td>Smith<\/td>\n<td>Smith<\/td>\n<td>Smith<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>2<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Wilson<\/td>\n<td>Wilson<\/td>\n<td>Williams<\/td>\n<td>Williams<\/td>\n<td>Wilson<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>3<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Brown<\/td>\n<td>Brown<\/td>\n<td>Wilson<\/td>\n<td>Wilson<\/td>\n<td>Williams<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>4<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Taylor<\/td>\n<td>Williams<\/td>\n<td>Taylor<\/td>\n<td>Brown<\/td>\n<td>Brown<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>5<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Jones<\/td>\n<td>Taylor<\/td>\n<td>Brown<\/td>\n<td>Taylor<\/td>\n<td>Taylor<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>6<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Williams<\/td>\n<td>Anderson<\/td>\n<td>Jones<\/td>\n<td>Jones<\/td>\n<td>Jones<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>7<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Anderson<\/td>\n<td>Jones<\/td>\n<td>Thompson<\/td>\n<td>Thompson<\/td>\n<td>Singh<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>8<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Thompson<\/td>\n<td>Thompson<\/td>\n<td>Walker<\/td>\n<td>Anderson<\/td>\n<td>Wang<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>9<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Campbell<\/td>\n<td>Scott<\/td>\n<td>Anderson<\/td>\n<td>Lee<\/td>\n<td>Anderson<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>10<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Johnson<\/td>\n<td>Walker<\/td>\n<td>King<\/td>\n<td>Harris<\/td>\n<td>Li<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>11<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>King<\/td>\n<td>Harris<\/td>\n<td>White<\/td>\n<td>Edwards<\/td>\n<td>Thompson<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>12<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Clark<\/td>\n<td>King<\/td>\n<td>Campbell<\/td>\n<td>King<\/td>\n<td>Walker<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>13<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Scott<\/td>\n<td>Martin<\/td>\n<td>Johnson<\/td>\n<td>Walker<\/td>\n<td>Lee<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>14<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Thomas<\/td>\n<td>Johnson<\/td>\n<td>Martin<\/td>\n<td>Martin<\/td>\n<td>Chen<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>15<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Walker<\/td>\n<td>Clark<\/td>\n<td>Scott<\/td>\n<td>Singh<\/td>\n<td>Patel<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>16<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Martin<\/td>\n<td>Young<\/td>\n<td>Harris<\/td>\n<td>Campbell<\/td>\n<td>Zhang<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>17<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Stewart<\/td>\n<td>Campbell<\/td>\n<td>Thomas<\/td>\n<td>Johnson<\/td>\n<td>Martin<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>18<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Wright<\/td>\n<td>Stewart<\/td>\n<td>Hall<\/td>\n<td>Robinson<\/td>\n<td>King<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>19<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Thomson<\/td>\n<td>Robinson<\/td>\n<td>Stewart<\/td>\n<td>Thomas<\/td>\n<td>Harris<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>20<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>White<\/td>\n<td>White<\/td>\n<td>Clark<\/td>\n<td>White<\/td>\n<td>Kumar<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Top surnames (place birth &#8220;Auckland&#8221;)<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>1913\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>(786)<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>1963 (6259)<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>1988 (9758)<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>2003 (11668)<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>2013 (11760)<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>1<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Jones<\/td>\n<td>Smith<\/td>\n<td>Smith<\/td>\n<td>Lee<\/td>\n<td>Wang<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>2<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Smith<\/td>\n<td>Williams<\/td>\n<td>Williams<\/td>\n<td>Smith<\/td>\n<td>Li<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>3<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Taylor<\/td>\n<td>Taylor<\/td>\n<td>Taylor<\/td>\n<td>Williams<\/td>\n<td>Chen<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>4<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Wilson<\/td>\n<td>Brown<\/td>\n<td>Jones<\/td>\n<td>Brown<\/td>\n<td>Liu<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>5<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Reid<\/td>\n<td>Harris<\/td>\n<td>Wilson<\/td>\n<td>Chen<\/td>\n<td>Smith<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>6<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Thompson<\/td>\n<td>Wilson<\/td>\n<td>Brown<\/td>\n<td>Li<\/td>\n<td>Zhang<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>7<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Brown<\/td>\n<td>Jones<\/td>\n<td>King<\/td>\n<td>Patel<\/td>\n<td>Lee<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>8<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Edwards<\/td>\n<td>Anderson<\/td>\n<td>Patel<\/td>\n<td>Zhang<\/td>\n<td>Patel<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>9<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Mills<\/td>\n<td>Clark<\/td>\n<td>Thompson<\/td>\n<td>Kim<\/td>\n<td>Huang<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>10<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Murray<\/td>\n<td>Thompson<\/td>\n<td>Walker<\/td>\n<td>Wang<\/td>\n<td>Singh<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>11<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Phillips<\/td>\n<td>Walker<\/td>\n<td>Anderson<\/td>\n<td>Jones<\/td>\n<td>Taylor<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>12<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Shepherd<\/td>\n<td>Johnson<\/td>\n<td>Stewart<\/td>\n<td>Wilson<\/td>\n<td>Wilson<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>13<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Stewart<\/td>\n<td>Martin<\/td>\n<td>Thomas<\/td>\n<td>Huang<\/td>\n<td>Jones<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>14<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Armstrong<\/td>\n<td>Scott<\/td>\n<td>Harris<\/td>\n<td>Hall<\/td>\n<td>Brown<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>15<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Bennett<\/td>\n<td>Campbell<\/td>\n<td>Johnson<\/td>\n<td>Taylor<\/td>\n<td>Wu<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>16<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Carter<\/td>\n<td>Matthews<\/td>\n<td>Shaw<\/td>\n<td>Liu<\/td>\n<td>Yang<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>17<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Donovan<\/td>\n<td>Watson<\/td>\n<td>Green<\/td>\n<td>Campbell<\/td>\n<td>Wong<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>18<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Greenwood<\/td>\n<td>Davis<\/td>\n<td>Simpson<\/td>\n<td>Walker<\/td>\n<td>Xu<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>19<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Hodgson<\/td>\n<td>Mitchell<\/td>\n<td>Bell<\/td>\n<td>King<\/td>\n<td>Kim<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>20<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Hogan<\/td>\n<td>White<\/td>\n<td>Martin<\/td>\n<td>Lin<\/td>\n<td>Zhou<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Top surnames (place birth &#8220;Wellington&#8221;)<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>1913 (1807)<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>1963 (3781)<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>1988 (3394)<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>2003 (3739)<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>2013\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>(3455)<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>1<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Smith<\/td>\n<td>Smith<\/td>\n<td>Smith<\/td>\n<td>Smith<\/td>\n<td>Smith<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>2<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Brown<\/td>\n<td>Taylor<\/td>\n<td>Thompson<\/td>\n<td>Williams<\/td>\n<td>Williams<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>3<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Williams<\/td>\n<td>Williams<\/td>\n<td>Wilson<\/td>\n<td>Brown<\/td>\n<td>Patel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>4<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>King<\/td>\n<td>Robertson<\/td>\n<td>Williams<\/td>\n<td>Jones<\/td>\n<td>Brown<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>5<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Taylor<\/td>\n<td>Wilson<\/td>\n<td>Campbell<\/td>\n<td>Taylor<\/td>\n<td>Jones<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>6<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Wilson<\/td>\n<td>Anderson<\/td>\n<td>Brown<\/td>\n<td>King<\/td>\n<td>Taylor<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>7<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Reid<\/td>\n<td>Campbell<\/td>\n<td>Jones<\/td>\n<td>Wilson<\/td>\n<td>Wilson<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>8<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Richardson<\/td>\n<td>Robinson<\/td>\n<td>Johnson<\/td>\n<td>Edwards<\/td>\n<td>Robinson<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>9<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Robertson<\/td>\n<td>Turner<\/td>\n<td>Martin<\/td>\n<td>Campbell<\/td>\n<td>Johnson<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>10<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Ward<\/td>\n<td>Brown<\/td>\n<td>Patel<\/td>\n<td>Gray<\/td>\n<td>Anderson<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>11<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Collins<\/td>\n<td>King<\/td>\n<td>Anderson<\/td>\n<td>Ferguson<\/td>\n<td>Campbell<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>12<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Hill<\/td>\n<td>Thompson<\/td>\n<td>Cook<\/td>\n<td>Johnson<\/td>\n<td>Harris<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>13<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Johnson<\/td>\n<td>Young<\/td>\n<td>Ward<\/td>\n<td>Martin<\/td>\n<td>Johnston<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>14<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Jones<\/td>\n<td>Lee<\/td>\n<td>Clarke<\/td>\n<td>Simpson<\/td>\n<td>Mitchell<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>15<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Parker<\/td>\n<td>Jones<\/td>\n<td>Henderson<\/td>\n<td>Davis<\/td>\n<td>Thomson<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>16<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Stewart<\/td>\n<td>Burns<\/td>\n<td>James<\/td>\n<td>Henderson<\/td>\n<td>White<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>17<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Bennett<\/td>\n<td>Clark<\/td>\n<td>Stewart<\/td>\n<td>Scott<\/td>\n<td>Young<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>18<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Campbell<\/td>\n<td>Cook<\/td>\n<td>Tan<\/td>\n<td>Ward<\/td>\n<td>Baker<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>19<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Holmes<\/td>\n<td>Hall<\/td>\n<td>Taylor<\/td>\n<td>White<\/td>\n<td>Collins<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>20<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Murphy<\/td>\n<td>Harris<\/td>\n<td>Thomas<\/td>\n<td>Wright<\/td>\n<td>Fraser<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Top surnames (place birth &#8220;Christchurch&#8221;)<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>1913\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>(536)<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>1963 (4715)<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>1988 (3730)<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>2003 (5599)<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>2013\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>(5628)<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>1<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Smith<\/td>\n<td>Smith<\/td>\n<td>Smith<\/td>\n<td>Smith<\/td>\n<td>Smith<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>2<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Jones<\/td>\n<td>Wilson<\/td>\n<td>Wilson<\/td>\n<td>Wilson<\/td>\n<td>Taylor<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>3<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Rutherford<\/td>\n<td>Williams<\/td>\n<td>Williams<\/td>\n<td>Brown<\/td>\n<td>Brown<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>4<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Taylor<\/td>\n<td>Brown<\/td>\n<td>Taylor<\/td>\n<td>Williams<\/td>\n<td>Jones<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>5<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Wilson<\/td>\n<td>Taylor<\/td>\n<td>Brown<\/td>\n<td>Taylor<\/td>\n<td>Wilson<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>6<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Wright<\/td>\n<td>Anderson<\/td>\n<td>Campbell<\/td>\n<td>Thomas<\/td>\n<td>Williams<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>7<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Cooper<\/td>\n<td>Jones<\/td>\n<td>Thomas<\/td>\n<td>Scott<\/td>\n<td>King<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>8<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Cox<\/td>\n<td>Scott<\/td>\n<td>Wright<\/td>\n<td>Moore<\/td>\n<td>Li<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>9<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Duncan<\/td>\n<td>Wright<\/td>\n<td>Anderson<\/td>\n<td>Harris<\/td>\n<td>Harris<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>10<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Hart<\/td>\n<td>Robinson<\/td>\n<td>Harris<\/td>\n<td>Anderson<\/td>\n<td>Mitchell<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>11<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Henderson<\/td>\n<td>Clark<\/td>\n<td>Jones<\/td>\n<td>Jones<\/td>\n<td>Robinson<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>12<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Roberts<\/td>\n<td>Roberts<\/td>\n<td>Moore<\/td>\n<td>Lee<\/td>\n<td>Scott<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>13<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Thomas<\/td>\n<td>Thompson<\/td>\n<td>Robertson<\/td>\n<td>Robertson<\/td>\n<td>Zhang<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>14<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Watson<\/td>\n<td>Walker<\/td>\n<td>Scott<\/td>\n<td>Watson<\/td>\n<td>Thompson<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>15<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Williams<\/td>\n<td>King<\/td>\n<td>Ward<\/td>\n<td>Hill<\/td>\n<td>Young<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>16<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Adams<\/td>\n<td>Moore<\/td>\n<td>King<\/td>\n<td>Johnson<\/td>\n<td>Lee<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>17<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Allan<\/td>\n<td>Watson<\/td>\n<td>McDonald<\/td>\n<td>Stewart<\/td>\n<td>Wang<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>18<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Allard<\/td>\n<td>Young<\/td>\n<td>Mitchell<\/td>\n<td>Thompson<\/td>\n<td>Johnson<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>19<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Bennett<\/td>\n<td>Gray<\/td>\n<td>Walker<\/td>\n<td>Ward<\/td>\n<td>Martin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>20<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Boone<\/td>\n<td>Fraser<\/td>\n<td>Davies<\/td>\n<td>Young<\/td>\n<td>Thomson<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>If you have are a New Zealander with Scottish Ancestry please tell us your story in the comments.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_65354\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-65354\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-65354\" src=\"https:\/\/project1-m9gb2xku8.live-website.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/nz17.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"358\" srcset=\"https:\/\/project1-m9gb2xku8.live-website.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/nz17.jpg 500w, https:\/\/project1-m9gb2xku8.live-website.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/nz17-300x215.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-65354\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><i>Chief of Cameron challenged by a Maori Warrior<\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Further Information and Sources<\/h2>\n<p>Rosalind R. 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