Margaret Curd, of Christchurch, who held her purse on her head to protect herself from the rain, said she had taken the brief downpour in her stride.
She had attended the family's first reunion, at Glenavy, in South Canterbury, in 1974, and was also enjoying the fifth reunion, being held at the Waiora Scout Camp, at Whare Flat.
The Divers had always been a ''very close-knit'' and friendly family and she was enjoying catching up with family members young and old, Mrs Curd said.
A reunion organiser, Zelda Matheson, of Dunedin, said the fifth reunion was proving a ''wonderful'' experience, and the 120 participants included about half a dozen people from the North Island, and several others from near Brisbane, Australia.
Margaret Woodford, of Dunedin, who has researched the family's history, said the modern Divers extended family had descended from Janet Bagrie, of Scotland, who had arrived in Port Chalmers aboard the migrant sailing ship Grassmere in 1862. She had later married Englishman George Divers in 1870.
Mrs Matheson said family members had initially farmed at Wairuna near Clinton in South Otago and many descendants had also been involved in farming.
A year of planning and preparation had gone into the latest in a series of family reunions, held every 10 years, she said.
Haggis was among the delicacies on offer on Saturday and a remembrance service was planned for yesterday, the reunion's final day.
