Wedding Celebrants

The right stuff: Choosing the perfect celebrant

One of the most significant people at your wedding is the person standing together with you in front of your guests. In a celebrant, you must find someone that suits your style, someone you...

A perfect match: choosing your celebrant

After months of planning, you are finally taking your vows in front of your loved ones on one of the most important days in your life. Which is why the person standing together with you in front of...

I Really Do: Choosing Your Celebrant

You’re walking down the aisle, waiting for your partner to spot you. They turn, and you take their breath away. After months of planning, you are finally taking your vows in front of your loved ones...

Keeping things happy, relationship services are here to help

A beautiful moment between Jeannie and Tony Galavazi after they married at Northburn Station in...

Keeping things happy, relationship services are here to help

Couples wish for their wedding to be a very special occasion, one they will want to remember. It's a chance to celebrate their relationship supported by friends and family. However, getting to the altar happily depends on co-operation between the couple and both families.

Is the wedding documentation legal overseas?

Lucinda Borrie and Chris Garside exchange vows at Grandview Gardens in Febraury. Photo by Kerry...

Is the wedding documentation legal overseas?

The Particulars of Marriage certificate is accepted only as legal and valid documentation while residing in New Zealand. New Zealand couples who intend to travel or live overseas and couples who reside outside New Zealand after they are married, need to obtain an official Marriage Certificate (BDM 93M) which is stamped by the registrar general of New Zealand.

Keeping it legal on your wedding day

Rebecca Knight and Regan Brown with their wedding party at Mount Stuart Reserve, after their...

Keeping it legal on your wedding day

If there is no marriage licence there can be no wedding and this is just one of the legal requirements of any wedding celebration.

How do wedding celebrants operate?

Amy Brazier and James Richmond celebrated their marriage at the Cardrona Hotel, in March. Photo...

How do wedding celebrants operate?

At the beginning of their work with a couple wedding celebrants are able to advise on the many forms of wedding service and assist those who wish to write their own.

The wedding celebrant

Young flowergirls enjoy free time during the signing of the register at Melanie Sharp and James...

The wedding celebrant

The name marriage celebrant refers to anyone who has the necessary qualifications to perform marriage ceremonies.

Wedding Celebrants: Ideas and tips to choosing a celebrant

Kirsty and Mark Sernia at their wedding ceremony in Queenstown. ASPIRING PHOTOGRAPHY.

Wedding Celebrants: Ideas and tips to choosing a celebrant

Wedding celebrants can be anyone who has the qualifications to perform marriage ceremonies. These include ministers, rabbis, pastors and priests. All those who have no affiliation to a religion are independent marriage celebrants.

Celebrant numbers increased

The registrar-general of births, deaths and marriages has increased the number of marriage celebrants to meet anticipated demand from this month's Marriage Amendment Act changes.

A salute to the celebrants!

Mike and Jan Borden exchange wedding vows at their ceremony, conducted by Bev Clark above Lake...

A salute to the celebrants!

A marriage celebrant can be anyone who has the qualifications to perform marriage ceremonies or civil unions. They include ministers, rabbis, pastors and priests. All those who have no affiliation to a religion are independent marriage celebrants.