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	25 February 2019 Auckland Branch prepares to host NZ Founders 80th AGM in June 2019 Auckland Branch members gathered for the February meeting with Paddy Bayley (National president) and Carolyn Adams (National Secretary) in attendance. 5 April 2018 Auckland unveiling of commemorative board Auckland Branch had the fulfilment of a two year dream occur on the 27^thJanuary with the unveiling of a commemorative board on Queen’s Wharf, Auckland, to mark the 175^thanniversary of the first organised arrival of settlers aboard the vessels “Jane Gifford” and “Duchess of Argyle”, to Auckland, on 9^thOctober 1842. 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.	Categories Expand/Collapse Founders Society 28 RSS Expand/Collapse Auckland 3 RSS Expand/Collapse Bay of Plenty 2 RSS Expand/Collapse Canterbury Westland 3 RSS Expand/Collapse Waikato 4 RSS Expand/Collapse Hawke's Bay 34 RSS Expand/Collapse Taranaki 8 RSS Expand/Collapse Wanganui 3 RSS Expand/Collapse Wairarapa 2 RSS Expand/Collapse Wellington 8 RSS Apply for the Annual Research/Book Award.