Category Archives: Event

St Sebastians 2021

Another year and another St Sebastians event. This year about 90 people attended the event. It was truly lovely to see so many people enjoying themselves While St Sebastians is traditionally an archery focused event, we also had both heavy … Continue reading

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Pennyroyal Picnic

The Baron and Baroness of Ildhafn invite you to join them for a garbed picnic at the Auckland Botanic Gardens!  Bring your picnic blanket and something for your lunch, something to do, or simply come along and relax.   Please come along and … Continue reading

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St Sebastians 2018

St Sebastian’s was a special event this year. It marked the 10th anniversary of Ed and Elizabeth running this on their property. As such Ed had made some extra special site tokens, individual pottery cups, for the attendees. As always there was a … Continue reading

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Mid-Winter Coronation 2017

Within the SCA there are a number of Kingdoms, each ruled by a King and Queen. Every 6 months a new King and Queen are appointed by a heavy combat tournament, with the winner becoming the next Monarch along with … Continue reading

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St Catherines Faire and the Bal d’Argent 2016

The weekend of the 5th and 6th November was Ildhafn’s annual St Catherines Faire. Normally this event runs in December but this year it was in early November. As part of the event, Ildhafn hosted the Bal d’Argent. This is … Continue reading

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Labour Weekend 2016

As we have been doing lots with the SCA here we haven’t done much actual living history camping where you have no modern conveniences. This weekend will be different. Master Ed Braythwayte of the SCA is once again hosting a … Continue reading

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St Johns 2015

Over the weekend of the 10th – 12th July we attended the annual Cluain event of St Johns. This is an SCA camp held in the Waikato region. While normally we would take our tent and camp we decided to … Continue reading

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Waikato Waldorf Festival 2014 – Review

The Waikato Waldorf Festival is a 1-day event at the Waikato Waldorf school. It is one of the main fund raisers and is always themed medieval. For the past few years we have attended as part of the living history village. … Continue reading

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