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Ed Byrne - Scottish people turned New Zealand into mini-Scotland. 😂#nzpodcast #newzealand #edinburgh

August 02, 2024 / 00:43

This episode discusses the Scottish influence in New Zealand, focusing on how Scottish settlers transformed the landscape. Guests share personal anecdotes about their connections to Scotland and New Zealand.

The conversation highlights the unique relationship between Scotland and New Zealand, particularly through the lens of Scottish settlers who sought to recreate their homeland. The hosts mention their own experiences, including meeting in Edinburgh and getting engaged in New Zealand.

Specific references are made to Edinburgh and Dunedin, with Dunedin described as a town resembling Edinburgh. The hosts reflect on the oddity of this cultural replication and its implications.

TL;DR

Scottish settlers recreated their homeland in New Zealand, discussed through personal anecdotes and cultural reflections.

Video

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it's a very odd thing about this country
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the idea that it was once a completely
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different landscape and then Scottish
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people came and went get the Sheep let's
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turn this into Scotland myself and my
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wife actually met in Edinburgh so that's
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another weird sort of echo in the fact
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that we got engaged in New Zealand and
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having met in Edinburgh at the Edinburgh
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Fringe to then go to Duneden which is
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like this weird Edinburgh based theme
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park of a
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town right yeah it's such an odd thing
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to do because at first you go what a
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weird thing thing for new zealanders to
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do and you go well they didn't do it the
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Scots did it what a weird thing for
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Scottish people to do to go all the way
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to the other side of the world and go
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let's recreate the town we've just come
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from

Episode Highlights

  • A Scottish Theme Park in New Zealand
    Exploring the curious recreation of a Scottish town on the other side of the world.
    “What a weird thing for Scottish people to do!”
    @ 00m 35s
    August 02, 2024

Episode Quotes

Key Moments

  • Scottish Heritage00:02
  • Engagement Story00:11
  • Cultural Echoes00:14
  • Theme Park Oddity00:24

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