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Jousting Curious about jousting? Learn about this amazing sport.
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ANZAC Day Commemoration We took part in the 2015 ANZAC Day commemorations at Trentham Racecourse
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Re enactments Re enactments
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The weapons are real. The action is real.
From the full force, full contact medieval joust to the discipline and grit of the early 20th century New Zealand Mounted Rifles, The Order of the Boar is New Zealand’s own cavalry re-enactment group.
We are a non-profit group that specialises in recreating various aspects of history emphasising the role of the horse and rider. We portray our activities at public displays throughout New Zealand in support of community events and charitable fund raisers.
While we have a particular emphasis on the medieval period, we also portray the role of the horse in military history. So in addition to the medieval period, we also portray 16th Century Border Reivers and First World War New Zealand Mounted Rifles.
We pay particular attention to horse welfare while also portraying our activities as historically accurate as possible.
We are also well known both locally and internationally as one of the pioneers in rediscovering the art of medieval jousting and its development as a modern sport both in New Zealand and around the world.
The Order of the Boar is sponsored by The Red Knight - New Zealands own online provider of functional medieval armour and other fine handcrafted products including drinking horns, hand made journals and walking sticks among others.
What's New - May 2017
Order of the Boar jouster Simon Nielsen made his international debut at the Tasman Shield International Jousting Tournament at Kyral Castle (Ballarat, Australia) early last month.Simon did really well in his first jousting competition!
(Simon in red receiving a big hit from Australian jouster Cliff Marisma)
UPCOMING EVENTS
Autumn 2017 - Order of the Boar Summer Workshop and Tournament - subject to the weather. Been postponed several times since last November due to the weather. Hopefully we can run it in May. This is a closed private event.
2018 Events:
February - Manukau Medieval Market - We plan to add jousting back in our participation at this event which over the last couple of years has focused on mounted Skill-at-Arms and Melee.
February - Baldric's Big Day Out, Stratford - The organisers and public loved our jousting at this biennial event (in 2014 and 2016) and have asked us to expand our display into an actual jousting tournament.
March - Horse of the Year (Hawkes Bay) - This is the largest equestrian event in the southern hemisphere and we were asked to take part this year which we couldn't commit to due to the weather related lack of training. But they have asked us back in 2018 and we will either do a Mounted Rifles or Jousting display depending on logistics and what the organisers want.
MEMBERSHIP
We get a few inquiries from people about our group, how to learn to joust etc. So we thought that we would describe the roles within our group.
Rider - If you want to learn to joust or do other riding in our group you need to be an accomplished rider with your own horse. Sometimes we have the capacity for a non-owner rider who pays a monthly fee towards the upkeep of our horses.
Foot Crew - If you want to support our activities from the ground and learn how to care for horses this is a very important role in our group. It is also the starting point for people who want to eventually become riders as all riders also need to be fully capable of working from the ground.
Both Riders and Foot Crew train weekend afternoons north of Upper Hutt weather permitting.
Foot Fighter - If you want to learn sword fighting and other medieval martial arts then you can join our Foot Combat Team that trains in Upper Hutt on Saturday mornings. A monthly membership fee applies