19 Oct 2018

All-women judging panel for NZ Bagpiping comp

From Afternoons, 1:32 pm on 19 October 2018

Every year on Labour Weekend bagpipers all over the country get together for the Silver Chanter Piping Championships. 

In what's believed to be a world first, 2018's judging panel will be all-women. 

Women are under-represented in 'piping', as its known in the industry.

Patricia Henderson is one of the exceptions and she's here from Scotland to judge the event, and joins us on the show to discuss it. 

Marion Horsburgh from Wellington is one of the judges on the all-women panel

Marion Horsburgh from Wellington is one of the judges on the all-women panel Photo: Supplied