Membership of this is restricted to NZ morris dancers, but the general public can get information on morris dancing in New Zealand from here.

 

18 March 2009 - I've added a couple of links on the Links page, one for the English Morris Federation newsletter and one for a free e-copy of the Cecil Sharp Morris Books

 

Didn't the 2009 tour over in Tassie go well!

I have put some photos up on my Flickr page along with photos of various previous morris events:

or search on nzmorrisdancing

 

If anyone else adds photos to Flickr use tag nzmorrisdancing as well as any other obvious ones like morris dancing so we can all find 'em.

Bevo has some photos:

 

You can see some photos at my old site:
http://www.geocities.com/bedlammorris/photos/photosm.html
Andy also has some photos from the 2002 tour at that Tour website.

 

There are also photos at the Multiply site: http://nzmorrisdancing.multiply.com/photos

 

There are sides (teams) around the country. Every year we meet up on a different part of the country for our national Tour.

 

Whangarei: Northland Morris - Mixed, Cotswold

Waiheke Island: Waiheke Island - Mixed, Cotswold - no longer meeting

Auckland: City of Auckland Morris Dancers - Mixed, Cotswold

Auckland: Green Man - Male, Mumming, Border, Cotswold - no longer meeting

Auckland: Rag and Bone Morris - Mixed, Cotswold

Hamilton: Nag's Head - no longer meeting - there may be interest in starting something here

New Plymouth: Phoenix Morris - Mixed, Cotswold, North-West

Hastings: Heart of the Sun - Mixed, Cotswold

Palmerston North: Rosewood Morris - Mixed, Cotswold

Wellington: Britannic Bedlam Morris Gentlemen - Male, Cotswold

Wellington: White Rose - Female, North-West - practice with Bedlam on 3rd Wednesday of month

Wellington: Pride of Holland Street - Mixed, Cotswold - no longer meeting

Wellington: Maniacal Morris - Mixed, Cotswold - no longer meeting

Wellington: Vergin - Winter, Mixed, Border - use the Bedlam gentlemen's practice hall during the winter

Nelson: Nelson Morris - Mixed, Cotswold

Blenheim: Vintage Morris - Mixed, Cotswold

Christchurch: Erewhon - no longer meeting

Christchurch: Tussock Jumpers - Mixed, Cotswold

Christchurch: Nor'West Arch - Mixed, North-West

Dunedin: Jack Frost Morris - Mixed, Border, Cotswold - mainly a university side

Dunedin: Wickliffe Morris - no longer meeting

 

There are also stray Morris Dancers in various other parts of the country who join in whenever possible. A number of dancers are also clog dancers and you'll see some composite sets made up occasionally. Some are exiled in the UK and occasionally get together over there.

 

There are some regular Events where sides meet up from around the country (and world).  

Check out Links for other useful sites, including Andrew Drawneek's video.

 

Email david barnes xtra co nz  for more information -you'll need to add the appropriate symbols   .@..  in the appropriate places  ( a . in the middle of my name especially).