Our Backyard Pub

19/10/2026

19/10/2026

Had such a cool night hosting the Fundraising Quiz Night for the Life Education Trust.

Had a full house of extremley eager and knowledgeable teams.

Harold the Giraffe also made a surprise appearance on the night 😀

Congratulations to the team at Life Education Trust who organised a fantastic night where we managed to raise close to $2000.

If you are Fundraising and would like us to host a Fundraising Quiz Night for you just send us an email to [email protected] and we will get it sorted. Now taking bookings for 2027.

What a night! 🎉

Our quiz night at the Backyard Pub raised just under $2,000 for Life Education Trust Rotorua! 🙌

A huge thank you to Richie and the team at the Our Backyard Pub for hosting us, and for being an amazing quiz master. Thank you also to all the good sports who put their thinking caps on and dug deep for the cause.

We’re also so grateful to our sponsors for getting behind the night:
Juniper Art + Home
Velocity Valley
Waikite Valley Hotpools
ZORB Rotorua
Bunnings Warehouse Rotorua
Dawsons Rotorua

Every dollar raised helps keep our educator in schools and our mobile classroom on the road. We want to continue our mahi in Rotorua for the next 30 years, and if you’d like to support us further, we’d love to hear from you!

📸 See all the photos from the night here: https://www.lifeeducationrotorua.co.nz/news/2026-backyard-pub-quiz-night

09/08/2026

We had a fantastic afternoon hosting the Supporters from the Northland Rugby team at the Pub. We had over a dozen groups in throughout the afternoon.
Fantastic concept from Northland Rugby.
Good luck for the rest of the season team.

07/08/2026

Heading to the game tomorrow? Want to mix and mingle with our friends from Northland?
Northland Rugby Union have chosen Our Backyard Pub to host their supporters.
Looking forward to a great game.
Open from 12pm

27/07/2026

We are hosting a Fundraising Quiz Night on Wednesday to help get the Waiotapu Scouts to the Jamboree.
They need a couple of more teams. If you are interested in coming along on Wednesday night please send us an email at [email protected]

28/06/2026

Thank you to everyone who came along on Thursday night for the Fundraising Quiz Night to get some very excited students from WHHS to Japan. What an experience they are going to have!

We had a full house with very eager and knowledgeable quizzers. After 7 rounds we had "Excess Baggage" and "The Alicia's" on the same points. After our extra round "tie-breaker" the winners were "Excess Baggage".

If you are Fundraising and would like us to host a Fundraising Quiz Night for you just send us an email to [email protected] and we will get it sorted.

20/06/2026

A big thank-you to everyone who came along to the Fundraising Quiz Night on Thursday for the J16 Girls HMP Mako Team from Hei Matau Paddlers Rotorua who heading to Singapore for the Waka Ama World Sprints in August.

Another Fantastic night of Fundraising for the team. "We thought this was speed dating" taking the W with "Te Puia" coming in 2nd and 3 teams sharing 3rd place.

Our Backyard Pub wishes the girls all the best in Singapore. It's been an absolute pleasure hosting 2 Fundraising Quiz Nights for the girls.
Looking forward to seeing the results when you get back.

If you are Fundraising and would like us to host a Fundraising Quiz Night for you just send us an email to [email protected] and we can get it organized.

15/06/2026

Our Backyard Pub is very well known for hosting Fundraising Quiz Nights. We have hosted over 300 Fundraising Quiz Nights.

Did you know we also host Workplace Quiz Nights too? If your workplace is looking wanting a Quiz Night just send us an email to [email protected] and we can get it sorted.

13/06/2026

We hosted a really cool Fundraising Quiz Night on Thursday. We were Fundraising to get Caitlin to the Scout Jamboree at the end of the year.

We had a full house with every team extremely motivated to get the W. We ended up tied after 70 questions. We then had our special game to find the winner who went away with trophy and bragging rights. Thank you to everyone who came along to make the night a success.

If you are Fundraising and would like us to host a Fundraising Quiz Night for you just send us an email to [email protected] and we will get it sorted for you.

24/04/2026

What an absolutely fantastic Fundraising Quiz we hosted last night for the J16 Girls HMP Mako Team from Hei Matau Paddlers Rotorua who are heading away in August to Singapore for the Waka Ama World Sprints.

Thank you to everyone who came along to support the girls and help raise a good amount of money.

A full house with the final round deciding winner for the night!

Looking forward to seeing a lot of you next week for the next Fundraising Quiz.

If you are Fundraising and would like us to host a Fundraising Quiz Night for you just send us an email to [email protected] and we will get it sorted