By STUART MILNE. What do you get when a Highland piper gatecrashes a Tongan wedding? That’s a question that can only be answered in Auckland – home to the world’s largest Pacific Islander population and host of the 2024 New Zealand Pipe Band Championships on 15-16 March. As New Zealand’s […]
The New Zealand Pipe Band Championships took place on Friday and Saturday, March 15 and 16 in Auckland. The full results are below, and the 8-hour long livestreams from Friday and Saturday are available to watch again now on YouTube. Grade 1 Grade 1 DRUMMING Grade 2 Grade 2 DRUMMING […]
Tamaki Makaurau Auckland will host over fifty pipe bands at the 2024 New Zealand Pipe Band Championships, making it the largest pipe band competition event outside of Europe. Royal New Zealand Pipe Bands’ Association President Iain Blakeley said: “Having so many bands attend the Nationals is a testament to the hard work of […]
Christchurch, New Zealand will play host to the biggest contest in the southern hemisphere since the beginning of the pandemic at the 2023 New Zealand and South Pacific Pipe Band Championships. Bands from across Australia and New Zealand will compete over two days in Christchurch on Friday 10th and Saturday […]
