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The Wellington Red Hackle is Wellington city’s premier pipe band.
It operates four competing bands, one in Grade 3, one in Grade 4A, one in Grade 4B, and a Juvenile band.
The Band performs throughout the city at various events and parades, puts on an annual concert, and competes nationally in the regular pipe band contest season.
The Band has won two National Championships in Grade 3 and Grade 4B and achieved several top three finishes as well, with its highest domestic honour being a second place in the 2018 Grade 2 National Championships.
The Band’s most recent success was achieving two first places and a second place at the World Online Piping and Drumming Championships in 2022. It also has many accomplished solo pipers and drummers within its ranks.
The Band is also known for its organisation of Pipes in the Park, Wellington’s only permanent pipe band competition, which runs at Waitangi Park on Wellington’s waterfront in February each year.
The Band has an active learner programme, for anyone interested in learning the pipes or the drums – go to wellingtonredhackle.co.nz.
The Band was formed in 1958 by the Tawa Caledonian Society and is based at Taylor Park in Tawa, north of Wellington.
Band Hall, Redwood Station car park, Tawa. G4A – Tuesday 8:00pm G4B – Tuesday 6:00pm G3 – Monday and Thursday 7:00pm