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	18 October 2016 Wellington Branch September meeting Wellington Branch members enjoyed lunch at the Bridge Club on 5^th September 2016. Carol Hurst spoke to them about early Wellington history 19 July 2016 National AGM held at Premier House, Wellington on 25th June 2016 Wellington Branch arranged and co-ordinated the National Annual General Meeting for N.Z. Founders at Premier House on Saturday the 25^th of June. 8 May 2015 175th Anniversary of the First Sailing of the "Blenheim" - August 2015 The Barque Blenheim set sail from Greenock, Scotland on the 25^th of August 1840 with 197 Scots, most in family groups, arriving in Port Nicholson [Wellington] at Kaiwharawhara on the 27^th of December 1840. To mark this 175 years of settlement in New Zealand arrangements are in place to hold dinners In Auckland on the 22^nd & Wanganui on the 25^th of August to mark the Blenheim’s departure, and a picnic at Kaiwharawhara Park in Wellington on the 27^th of December 2015 to mark the arrival. 1 2	Search Categories Expand/Collapse Founders Society 53 RSS Expand/Collapse Auckland 10 RSS Expand/Collapse Bay of Plenty 3 RSS Expand/Collapse Canterbury Westland 3 RSS Expand/Collapse Waikato 24 RSS Expand/Collapse Hawke's Bay 75 RSS Expand/Collapse Taranaki 22 RSS Expand/Collapse Wanganui 6 RSS Expand/Collapse Wairarapa 6 RSS Expand/Collapse Wellington 8 RSS Apply for the Annual Research/Book Award.

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