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The MacArthur Society of New
Zealand
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Te Aotearoa.
Take a brief tour of our Country. Click on
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Eric and Jean McArthur at Riversdale Beach, Wairarapa. This is a fine photo I used for am call card and had it overprinted. I was lucky with the light and Toe-Toe grass (say "Toy-Toy") in bloom. This was on a coastal cruise we enjoyed in 2001. Eric and Jean on Punakaikemotel Beach. Jean looking out to the Kaikoura mountains in January. A Combined Clan Gathering at Raglan near Hamilton , North Island , New Zealand. This was 27th October 2001.
Reinga Light House. Located on the Norternmost point of New Zealand. The sign over the Reinga Lighthouse door reads... Postcard from Wairarapa and Castle Point. Kirking 2003 MacArthur luncheon
There is a pass between Wairarapa (an agrilcultural plain with a large lake)[our home, Carterton is about 10 minutes away] and Wellington. Originally, the railway required a third rail with a cog belt system, used for traction/braking up and down the steeps. There is no need now, so there is an historic museum nearby, "The Fell Engine Musuem." This museum has the engine and carriages and many detailed photos and displays. From Left to right :
Robin Jones , Clan Piper Emeritus, Eric and Jean McArthur , Helen Jones , [Robin's Wife] , their son , Gordon Jones , Present Piper to Clan Arthur in New Zealand.
Eric and Jean McArthur at Riversdale Beach, Wairarapa.
Society Contacts:
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High Commissioner
of New Zealand to Clan Arthur |
Dr Eric McArthur
High
Commissioner to Clan Arthur, in New Zealand.
Amateur Radio Operator G3V VA.. [U.K.] and ZL2CLI [N.Z.]
Cartoon interests.[collector]. Oil and water colourist |
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Eric was born in 1928 in Edinburgh,
Scotland. He attended school at Daniel Stewart's College in
Edinburgh. Later, he attended Salford Technical College,
then finally studied medicine at Owen's College, Victoria
University, Manchester, England. In 1953, he became House
Surgeon in the university's department of surgery. Here, he
meet his future wife, Jean Oldham, who also studied
medicine. In 1953, Eric was commissioned into the R.A.M.C.
In 1955, twin sons, Alastair and Ian were born in Cuckfield,
near Lewes. Both sons eventually earned medical degrees and
are now in active practice in New Zealand and Nova Scotia.
Drs. Eric and Jean retired from medical practice in 1987 and
left England in 1993 for New Zealand. They now live in Carterton,
nestled in the Wairarapa Plain, 90 Kms. northeast of Wellington. |
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Clan
MacArthur Society of New Zealand
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Secretary
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Dr. Jean
McArthur PO Box 126 Carterton 5951
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jeric@wise.net.nz
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Commissioner, North Island |
Thomas William
McArthur 12 Hall Grove, Upper Hutt 6007
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no email listed
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Commissioner, South Island |
Campbell Atford McArthur RD 7, Ashburton
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no email listed
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South
Island Secretary |
Jim McArthur
817 Tweed Street, Invercargill
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jimmc@xtra.co.nz
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Genealogist |
Lorraine Hosking
McArthur 52A Kennedy Drive, Levin 5500 |
no email listed |
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Bannerman |
Ian Douglas
McArthur 52A Kennedy Drive, Levin 5500
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idmc@xtra.co.nz
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Clan Piper |
Gordon Robert Jones 52 Burrswood Drive, East Tamaki,
Aukland |
gkjones@slingshot.co.nz |
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