Ever since I was a little girl I dreamed of getting married on my Aunty and Uncle's Farm, with Mr Whippy and a Tipi. To arrive on the day and see that come true was so magical. The most memorable moment was walking down the aisle and seeing Fraser for the very first time. It put it into perspective that the day was here, all the hard work had been done, and we could celebrate our love exactly as we dreamt!
Read MoreWhen thinking about celebrating our union, we wanted the day to be about us, and make intentional, purposeful decisions about our wants and needs. We felt connected to New Zealand and loved all the people and places. Looking back on our experiences there, we knew we wanted to go back to make this official - and Mount Sunday, aka Edoras, was the perfect place. Everything fell into place so smoothly once that decision was made.
Read MoreWe have had a bit of a whirlwind romance! Tyson and I met in 2018 by way of a blind date and instantly clicked. By 2020 welcomed our baby girl to the world which soon was followed by our engagement after the first lockdown in 2020. We sealed the deal on our marriage in 2022!
Read MoreLike many, we weren’t able to have the big 2020 wedding we had planned pre-pandemic with our favourite people flying into New Zealand from all over the world. At the end of the 21/22 wedding season and after dusting off two years of Covid complications we felt like we should celebrate that we’d made it through these challenging times together! 22/6/22 suddenly seemed like the most perfect date for us to get hitched as it marked 6 years since our first date in London.
Read MoreOur biggest priority was simply to be surrounded by our loved ones and enjoy the day. Ultimately, so many things could go wrong but as long as we were together and around our favourite people nothing else would matter.
Read MoreMorgan’s proposal had us butt-naked in nature just how we love it! We had been picnicking and swimming at one of our favourite rivers, the Wakamarina, and literally our last skinny dip before the long drive home, we dove into the deep water for an underwater kiss and he holds out this shiny ring in front of me, I came up laughing and crying and asking if we could get closer to the edge as it was so deep.
Read MoreShipley and I met through mutual friends. I remember becoming entranced by these beautiful blue eyes staring at me over the fire pit. That first night we shared jokes and found we had a very similar sense of humour. He remembers me boiling the jug for a cup of tea or two before I left - a sign he would come to recognise as my 30min departure warning. There were several such meetings before our first date at the Wunderbar where we sat and talked for hours, covering all the topics and had our first kiss.
Read MoreHrvoje (Harvie) and I met back in 2016 through a mutual friend. At that time Hrvoje already had plans and a visa to come to New Zealand. I was just finishing my Masters at the time and hadn’t had any job offers lined up so I decided to come with him and see how our relationship would evolve - I had nothing to lose!
Read MoreMurray and I knew each other 16 years ago and got around in the same group of friends. In 2020 I was separated and after going through huge change my girlfriend took me to The Tai Tapu Hotel one night for dinner and I recalled that Murray used to own it - I wondered if he still did. I had actually never been there, but we arrived and sat at the bar to eat as the restaurant was full and blow me down, Murray served me.
Read MoreWe met at Otago Uni in 2013 during our first year of study, we had lots of mutual friends and after one too many chance meetings at the Cook with our friends trying to set us up, we were dating.
Read MoreJess & Cody were the winners of the Burger Burger X Welles & Good X Christchurch Weddings $30,000 Dream Wedding Giveaway! These two deserved everything and more, and we were thrilled to bring their dream wedding together in 2.5 months. Enjoy their love story and swoon over the visual goodness of their day preserved in this online memoire.
Read MoreSian and I started out as friends on Twitter. We had a lot in common and after two years of swapping memes and bonding over the highs and lows of postgraduate research, I slid into Sian’s DMs a few days before Christmas 2017 to tell her I had feelings for her. In April 2019 and we took a trip to Hanmer, where I proposed on the top of Conical Hill. I was so bad at hiding the proposal that she brought my ring up the hill and proposed right back!
Read MoreSean and I met in 2014 when I took a room in the flat he was living in. We broke the age-old rule of “don’t screw the crew” and those flatmates are still our besties! A pre-lockdown engagement gave us plenty of time to think about doing something different and opt to turn our engagement party into a surprise wedding.
Read MoreWith our initial plans for a 150 person wedding spread between the Christchurch Botanic Gardens and the iconic Great Hall smashed due to news of the lockdown and borders closing, the tough decision to downsize to just over 50 guests was made and together we created the most incredible, stress-free day with all festivities hosted at The Britten Stables - Another local gem with so many stories amongst its walls.
Read MoreI had a sneaky suspicion that James would propose on one of our trips to Sydney but as he was showing no sign of being nervous it went to the back of my mind - until I spied a bunch of envelopes stuffed in James's pockets! I didn't lead on that I'd seen them and we went out shopping. I was looking through clothes at Princess highway and the shop assistant passed me my first envelope. She looked at me very strangely when I said that I had to leave and go on a scavenger hunt!
Read MoreMy husband Dylan & I met when I was 17 and he was 18 at a house party, I remember him sitting down on a couch opposite me, and I have to admit I was smitten! It took us a few months to make it "official" but we have been inseparable ever since! Eight and a half years later we decided to tie the knot - With a surprise wedding!
Read MoreJimmy and I met at University through a mutual friend while being in the same Accounting class together. We were together nine years before getting engaged during a last-minute long weekend trip away to the West Coast, staying with a family friend who owns a helicopter charter business.
Read MoreSo our love story is a little wild! We met on the first night of the Australian Fruit Festival next to a pile of coconuts and got onto the topic of music. He asked if I would sing with him the next night as he was in charge of organising the music for the festival. I was feeling game so I agreed.
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