Mount Maunganui was established in May 2010 with the amalgamation of the Mount Maunganui Bowling Club and Bowls Cosmopolitan Mount Maunganui clubs. Both clubs have a proud history with the Mount Maunganui Bowling Club being established in 1925, while the Bowls Cosmopolitan Club was established around 1970. Mt Maunganui Bowling Club's 75th Jubilee publication reports that in 1925 Mt Maunganui though small in population,was the apple in the eye of rather affluent Waikato farmers who after years of solid toil looked for an isolated haven in which to relax before resuming their agrarian duties back on the farm. It was the foresight of these men that led to the foundation of the Mt Maunganui Bowling Club. Unfortunately the approach of the Great Depression saw the greens abandoned but on the eve of World War ll the club was resurrected at a meeting on 29th June 1939 and the annual subscription was set at two guineas. Since the amalgamation that proud history has continued with success on and of the green with almost 200 members and strong in playing talent.