This weekend Rotorua hosts an indoor hockey tournament which has proven popular for more than half a century.
The 52nd United Women's Indoor Hockey Tournament, which runs from tomorrowuntil Sunday at the Sportsdrome, will be as well-attended as ever with 73 teams set to compete.
The seven-a-side tournament started as a women's competition but has since been expanded to include a men's and mixed division.
Organiser Jennie Taylor said many teams from around New Zealand treated the tournament as an end-of-year function.
"Indoor hockey's not really played in New Zealand. We're about the only area that actually has an indoor tournament.