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Dunedin was settled by Scots and was soon known as New Zealand’s Scottish city. This image continued to resonate in the 20th century. Here the Dunedin Ladies’ Scottish Pipe Band march past the city’s medical school in 1947. Listen to David Eggleton evoke the city’s Scottish heritage in his poem.
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Reference: Evening Star, 9 March 1957, p. 1
Traditional Scottish folk tune arranged and performed by Jay Clarkson on Versifier, Yelloweye records, 2003.
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