ÿþ <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en"> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" /> <title>Order of the Boar::Jousting NZ</title> <meta name="keywords" content="Medieval, Knight, Jousting," /> <meta name="description" content="Order of the Boar - Medieval Jousting" /> <link rel="stylesheet" href="print.css" type="text/css" media="print" /> <link rel="stylesheet" href="Content.css" type="text/css" media="screen" /> <script type="text/javascript" src="js/prototype.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="js/scriptaculous.js?load=effects,builder"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="js/lightbox.js"></script> <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/lightbox.css" type="text/css" media="screen" /> </head> <body class="home"> <div id="container"> <div id="background"></div> <div id="TopNav"> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" width="100%"> <tr height="206" valign="bottom"> <td width="65"> &nbsp; </td> <td><img src="hdg_1.gif"></td> <td><img src="hdg_2.gif"></td> <td><img src="hdg_3.gif"></td> <td width="160"> &nbsp; </td> <td width="380"> <table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"> <tr > <td> &nbsp; </td> </tr> <tr > <td> <ul> <li><a href="index.aspx" id="committee">Home: Order of the Boar</a></li> <li><a href="jousting.html" id="committee">Jousting</a></li> <li><a href="joustschool.html" id="committee">Training for the Joust</a></li> <li><a href="about_us.html" id="current">A Perspective: Historical Re-Enactments</a></li> <li><a href="gallery.html" id="committee">The Gallery</a></li> <li><a href="events.html" id="committee">Events</a></li> </ul> </td> </tr> </table> </td> <td width="50"> &nbsp; </td> </tr> </table> </div> <div id="tagline">THE HOME OF CAVALRY RE-ENACTMENT IN NEW ZEALAND</div> <div id="SubNav"> <span id="SubNavHeading">A Perspective</span> <ul> <li><a href="livinghistory.html" id="committee">Living History</a></li> <li><a href="border_reivers.html" id="committee">Border Reivers</a></li> <li><a href="rifles.html" id="committee">Mounted Rifles</a></li> </ul> </div> <div id="contentcontainer"> <table cellspacing="0" width="100%" cellpadding="0" border="0" id="contenttable"> <tr valign="top"> <td width="60"> &nbsp; </td> <td width="588"> <div id="content"> <hr /> <h1>Re-Enactments</h1> <p class="LeadPara">T<p>he <em>Order of the Boar</em> is an equestrian focused historical re-enactment group that specialises in portraying cavalry from several periods of history. <p> The group was originally formed in 1991 by several people who were also involved in the earlier establishment of medieval re-enactment in New Zealand, including foundation members of New Zealand s first equestrian re-enactment group, the New Zealand Medieval Jousting Society which had become defunct several years prior to the formation of the Order of the Boar. <p> The Order of the Boar was originally set up to recreate aspects of the medieval tournament  in particular jousting and associated activities from horseback. The group has since become one of the pioneers in rediscovering the art of jousting and its development as a modern sport around the world. It established the modern joust in New Zealand and trained the founding members of other jousting and medieval equestrian groups which have been established in recent years, including the Company of the Lance in Auckland. <p> We have also pioneered public displays of medieval jousting and related tournament activities through our displays and jousting competitions. In particular our biennial World Invitational Jousting Tournament at Harcourt Park in Upper Hutt which in turn created has the inspiration for similar events - both in New Zealand and overseas. <p> We also portray ourselves as a retinue of mounted men-at-arms, infantry, family and servants at a tournament. This is portrayed in a  Living History setting which includes period tents, camp furniture and other equipment. <p> We are also one of the founding members of the International Jousting Association. All our training is done under the guidelines of the <a href="ija.html">International Jousting Association</a> that promotes horse welfare, jousting and international competition. The IJA also sanctions our jousting competitions and issues grading certificates for our members. <br>Our members compete regularly in both tournaments in New Zealand and in off-shore tournaments. <p> In recent years we have developed (or are developing) other portrayals as well. 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