More than 40, mostly younger people are enrolled at the academy.
Training is on offer two to three times a week, and coaches Elishia Pritchard and Dayna Nuku say it's really rewarding to volunteer their time helping others.
Elishia has been coaching for three months but has been training at the academy since 2016 and says there's "a real sense of belonging here" and it is somewhere she feels valued.
Dayna has been involved for about five years, starting off taking part and now coaching and says she likes "the whole vibe here".
This week academy member Colten Garnet, 15, was preparing for a tournament being hosted by the Havelock North Saints Boxing Academy this weekend at Havelock North High School.
It was his second tournament after winning his first in Hastings.
Since he started attending the academy a year ago, he says he has got a lot out of it.
"I started with nothing, I didn't know anything about boxing but now I love it."
Henare says that ultimately the academy is about "warriors in the ring" and "champions in the home".
The Flaxmere Boxing Academy was one of 15 organisations to get a multi-year community grant in this year's funding round.
