About Us

Te Atatū Pony Club is a small, friendly city fringe pony club offering year round grazing and, during daylight saving hours, Thursday evening rallies (coaching) to members. Our riders and their horses can practice show jumping, dressage, cross country, mounted games, beach and trail riding right in the heart of Auckland.

We are situated on the Te Atatū Peninsula with 17 hectares right on the edge of the Waitemata Harbour. The club boasts stunning views over the Auckland CBD, SkyTower, Rangitoto and the Harbour Bridge.

With high quality coaching on site and plenty of events and outings on our doorstep, our riders have a wide range of opportunities to develop and grow as young people, learning to put the welfare of their horses first. Friendships forged at pony club can be life-long, for both parents and riders.

Unique to Te Atatū Pony Club, we can offer children and teenagers living around Auckland’s western bays, central and inner western suburbs the benefits of city-living while grazing their own horse or pony nearby. Our club is around 15-30 minutes from Auckland’s CBD (depending on traffic). Of course, for families living in and around Te Atatu it’s even better!

We can have up to around 16 horses on site and currently run with two mixed herds based on the horses’ grass requirements (“most grass” and “less grass”). Our families work together to manage the grounds and the administration of the club, with time spent outdoors, learning new skills away from our devices benefiting us all!

We are grateful to the mana whenua and the community of Te Atatū for their ongoing support and to Auckland Council for the land, which is part of the Harbourview Orangihina Park, and has been leased by the club since 1972.

New youth members and their horses are welcome. To find out more about joining Te Atatū Pony Club, email join.tapc@gmail.com.