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The weapons are real - the action is real. This is the world’s most spectacular full-contact sport - no holds barred.
From the disciplined and chivalric mounted skills to the full force, full contact joust, The Order of the Boar is New Zealand’s own medieval equestrian and jousting historical re-enactment group.
We specialise in recreating aspects of the medieval tournament along with related Living History activities from the second half of the 14th century (1350 - 1400 AD). The group is one of the pioneers in rediscovering the art of jousting and its development as a modern sport both in New Zealand and around the world.
We pay particular attention to horse welfare while also portraying our activities as historically accurate as possible.
All our training is done under the guidelines of the International Jousting Association that promotes horse welfare, jousting and international competition.
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 portray our activities at public displays throughout New Zealand. Our members compete regularly in both jousting tournaments in New Zealand and in off-shore tournaments.
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Public Displays
A big part of what we do is to portray our activities to the general public.
We organise the Harcourt Park Jousting Tournament in Upper Hutt every two years.
This is a major international event attracting jousters from all around the world and brings in an audience of around 10,000 people.
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We also provide displays as part of other major events. These have included:
- Super 12 in Christchurch
- Horse of the Year in Hastings
- The Omaka Air Show in Blenheim
.. to name but a few. Details »
If you are organising a major event and would like to include equestrian drama and action, please email
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Membership
The Order of the Boar recruits its members from the Upper Hutt/Wellington area. Join now to ensure that you can take part in Harcourt Park and our other events.
Membership Details and Application Form»
Events
19th May 2012
Order of the Boar Foot Tournament Workshop (Upper Hutt)
June 23rd - 24th 2012
Trillium Challenge - International Jousting Tournament - Toronto- Canada.
(Callum Forbes from the Order of the Boar will be representing NZ at this major North American event.)
February 16th - 17th 2013
Harcourt Park World Invitational Grail of Chivalry Jousting Tournament - Harcourt Park, Upper Hutt, New Zealand.
Contact callum@jousting.co.nz for further information on any of these workshops.
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News: May 2012
The Jousting Channel!
We have just launched our new Jousting and Historical Equitation on YouTube:
The Jousting Channel
We have added some old favourites as well as some new video to the Channel - including a quick preview of the jousting at Harcourt Park 2011.
Please show your support by subscribing to the new channel.
Gambesons For Sale
A gambeson is a padded coat like garment that can be used as a standalone armour by itself or as a foundation armour to which you can add layers of additional protection such as maille, coat-of-plates or metal plate armour. We recently ordered a batch of 14th century style gambesons for our foot combat team and some of our riders and have few spare.
The gambesons are well made and people who have seen them and used them rate them as the best "off the shelf" gambesons they have seen with the bonus that they are less than half the price of most of the others on the market.
The gambesons are made in Order of the Boar colours - red and black. We have a small number of 'M' and 'L' sizes available now for $195 NZ plus P&P.
Shortly we will be ordering more gambesons in different colours. If you are interested in an individual or group order on your club's orown favorite colours contact Callum@jousting.co.nz
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