Waipu Pipe Band on You Tube
The band paraded on Auckland Anniversary weekend as part of the Saturday street market:
New Easter Carnival at Waipu
Waipu Primary PTA are organising the first Easter Carnival and it is guaranteed to be a fantastic, colourful, community event that will offer a fun and entertaining day out for all.
All proceeds will go to the primary school as it will raise valuable funds to purchase resources while bringing together our community, parents, pupils, local businesses and visitors to support and celebrate what the wonderful Waipu and Bream Bay area have to offer!
If you are a community group looking for new members or further exposure please contact us so we can see how we can help you through the waipu carnival!
Why not join in the fun! Contact them to see how you or your group can be involved, and lets make this another great annual Waipu event.
Waipu Christmas Parade 2009
What a great village Waipu is!! 30 community groups and local businesses work the week before Christmas – our busiest time of the year to create floats for the Annual Christmas Parade on Christmas Eve. Its all about a good time, but the treasurers of various groups have their eye on the potential $500 first prize, or the 5 $100 runner up prizes. Competition is fierce with the Waipu Surf Club always odds on to win – again!!! Read more
2009 Waipu Highland Games – lots of images, lots of fun
Waipu is my home, but most years at New Years I am away camping. For the first for many years, we came home to check out the Waipu Highland Games. It was brilliant weather, and about 6,000 turned up to enjoy the day. Here some photos of the day: The Parade of the Clans, Games Photos, Fiddling Competition, Tartan in the Park.
Below that there is the report of this years games from the organisers, the Caledonian Society. Read more
Waipu Christmas Carols 2009
The Sunday before Christmas Waipu was once again the venue for what must be the most enthusiastic carol service in New Zealand. Lauchie McLean has conducted the choir and band for many years and people come from Dargaville, Whangarei, Rodney – 80 in the choir and a band to match.¬ Joan Kennaway and others said it was the best ever. Read more
Waipu Highland Games – the heavyweights
2009 Waipu Highland Games
These photos have been posted on flicker Рits a great collection of photos of the heavyweight competition by Kris  РIrkstyle on Flicker.
Here is a report of the Competition and the results from the Caledonian Newsletter:
2010 Waipu Games: New Zealand Highland Games Championships Read more
Waipu Music Hall Photos
The Waipu Music Hall was a sold out success that had the local community engaged in an all out effort to put on a great night out.  Here are some of the photos by Peter Grant.  CLICK ON THE PHOTOS TO SEE A LARGER VERSION. Full size photos also available from Sandra Bogart Read more
Calling all fiddlers….
The Waipu Highland Games as a host of activities for people during the day on January 1 РEverything from Tartan fashion in the park, heavy weight competition with caber tossing and all the rest, Highland Flings and pipers galore, athletics competitions Рthere is fun for all the family.  You can avoid the crowds and buy your tickets before you come - tickets here
Scottish Fiddle Competition
This year the Waipu Caledonian Society is proud to announce the reintroduction of a fiddling competition that has not been held since early years of the 20th Century. We are confident this will become a vibrant part of the events at the Waipu Games for many years to come.  Read more about this here
The last Scottish Fiddling Competition was just before the First World War according to the old minutes, the latest is being sponsored by the Clan Donald Society on behalf of the Caledonian Society.
Waipu Caledonian Games – Clan Maclean elected to Host 2010
The Clan Maclean Association of New Zealand is thrilled to have been chosen as the Host Clan for the 139th Highland Games of the Waipu Caledonian Society on New Year’s Day 2010. Read more
Christmas Parade – time to get working on a float!
Waipu is proud to have its Christmas parade on Christmas Eve - it is the beginning of the summer holidays, and many holiday makers begin their summer break by joining the crowds in Waipu. Read more
