The Papakura branch of ITFNZ was formed in 1988. It was originally held at the Papakura high school small gym - which was actually an old double classroom. The gym was very hard to find, but even so we had a good first intake of around 15 to 20 members. We quickly outgrew the gym and moved to the Rosehill Intermediate school hall, then in 1998 we re-located to the Papakura Normal School Hall.

The Papakura branch has a current membership of around 40 people, and we are active and supportive of all ITFNZ activities such as tournaments and seminars. We have won the "Best Club" at the CM Regional tournament each year for as long records have been kept until 2006.

In 2006 Mr Steve Pellow took on specialist instructor role at the Papakura branch.