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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 - April 2018
Jousters from the Order of the Boar took part in the annual Tasman Shield International Jousting Tournament over the weekend March 17th - 18th hosted by Kyral Castle near Ballarat, Australia. The Australian team was very strong, consisting of some very experienced international competitors so we didn't win but we acquitted ourselves well and we have been invited back in 2019 to try again!
(NZ Team Captain Callum Forbes getting ready to joust)
UPCOMING EVENTS
22nd - 23rd September - St Ives Medieval Fair, Sydney, Australia - As support crew for a specialist joust using solid wood lances.
November - Featherston, Commemoration of the signing of the Armistice.
January 2019 - Order of the Boar 5 Day Training Camp.
CONTACT
Order of the Boar (Upper Hutt Team) - Callum
Order of the Boar - (Stratford Team) - Emily
For all display enquiries outside of the Taranaki please contact Callum
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. at the moment we do not.
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