McPhee Clan Society New Zealand

Membership is open to all whose name is McPhee no matter what spelling (male or female), or who are descended from, by marriage to or adopted by a person with an eligible surname, or name is included in the accepted list of spellings of McPhee (Macfie) plus any other person who may have an interest in the history of Clan Macfie.

Some of the accepted spellings are – Athey, Athie, Cathey, Cathie, Coffee, Coffey, Dugee, Duggie, Duffey, Duffy, Fee, Guffey, Guffie, Haffey, Haffie, McAfee, McAlfie, McCaffer, McCaffrey, McCaffie, McCathey, McCathie, McCuish, McDufee, McDuffie, McDuffey, McDuffy, McDuffin, McFee, McFie, McGuffey, McGuffie, McGufin, McHaffie, McHaffy, McPhee, McPhie, McVee, McVie, McHaffey,
Mehaffey, Phee, Phie [Note: The prefix Mc and Mac are interchangeable]

The McPhee Family Clan Society of New Zealand was formed in response to a worldwide call by the late Dr. Earle Douglas MacPhee of Vancouver, Canada, in the early 1970’s to reactivate Clan Macfie.

The Clan Society was initially formed in Papakura in 1974 with 30 members of the family of Belle McPhee Brew the founder of the Clan Society. The Clan Society was accepted as a Society within the international Clan Macfie in 1984. The word ‘Family’ was removed from the name of the Clan Society in 1993.

Today the New Zealand Clan Society has some 40 members and a membership over 5000 through affiliation of other societies to the international Clan Macfie.