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A Korean Wedding Celebration at Winehouse, Queenstown

Katie and Reuben wedding at The Boathouse Riverhead

Katie & Reuben's May Wedding at The Boathouse, Riverhead

How Many Hours of Wedding Photography Do You Actually Need?

A clear roof marquee set up on a hilltop overlooking rolling Northland countryside

Utterly Marquee Hire: The Warkworth Couple Making a One-Stop Shop Out of Auckland and Northland Weddings

Meet Utterly Marquee Hire, a Warkworth couple's one-stop marquee and styling business serving Auckland and Northland weddings since 2019.

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A Flagship Sperry tent set against a mountain backdrop

Flagship Events: New Zealand's Only Sperry Tent Provider, Run by a Family Who Actually Loves This Stuff

Meet Flagship Events, New Zealand's only licensed Sperry Tents provider, run by the family who brought the first sailcloth tent into the country in 2015.

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A freestanding Stretch Tent installation, its sail-like peaks framed against the mountains

Stretch Tents NZ: The Freeform Canvas That Turns Any Backyard Into a Wedding Venue

Meet Stretch Tents NZ, installing freeform sail-cloth tents nationwide since 2009, turning backyards and paddocks into striking wedding venues.

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A Marquee Hire structure set up for an outdoor ceremony, rows of seating ready to go

Marquee Hire: The South Auckland Team Turning Backyards and Paddocks Into Wedding Venues

Meet Marquee Hire, a South Auckland company with 150+ events and a 99% satisfaction rate, specialising in NZ-made, weather-ready marquees for weddings.

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One of the Pioneer DJ controllers from NZDJ's professional equipment lineup

NZDJ: Since 2008, the Team That's Also Playing the Black Caps and the Ellerslie Races

Meet NZDJ, founded in 2008 and trusted to run sound for the Black Caps and Ellerslie Races, now a full-service wedding DJ, lighting and photo booth operation across the North Island.

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Kiwi DJs' branded turntable set against the Auckland skyline

Kiwi DJs: Twenty One Years Behind the Decks, Still Led by the Guy Who Started It

Meet Kiwi DJs, founded in 2004 by Paul Marr, who still leads the company and DJs personally, now a national team across Auckland, Queenstown, Wellington and Tauranga.

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One of the Auckland DJs roster running a Pioneer controller setup, the kind of gear that shows up behind every booking

Auckland DJs: A Roster of Thirteen Different Sounds, So Your Reception Never Feels Like a Generic Playlist

Meet Auckland DJs, a curated roster of 13 different wedding DJs and acts so couples can pick a sound that actually matches their crowd.

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ADJS's wireless LED uplighting rig, the kind of detail that changes how a reception photographs after dark

Auckland DJ Service: The Team Behind 4,000+ Parties Who Treat Your Wedding Like It's the Only One That Matters

Meet Auckland DJ Service, the team behind over 4,000 weddings, with DJ, MC, lighting, photo booths and special FX all handled in-house.

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Fairy light canopy lighting by DJ4You, the kind of atmosphere their lighting packages create.

DJ4You: The Award-Winning Team Behind Some of Auckland's Best Wedding Dance Floors

Meet DJ4You, one of Auckland's biggest wedding DJ agencies with over a decade of experience and a roster of dozens of DJs, sound, lighting and MC services.

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Laura Giddey mid-ceremony, book and bouquet in hand.

Laura Giddey: An Auckland Celebrant Who Has Been Marrying People Since 2012

Meet Laura Giddey, an Auckland celebrant since 2012 known for warm, personal ceremonies and co-founder of The Celebrant Guide training network.

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Carla Rotondo, registered marriage and funeral celebrant.

Carla Rotondo: Thirty Years in Front of the Camera, Now Bringing That Presence to Your Ceremony

Meet Carla Rotondo, an Auckland marriage celebrant with over 30 years in film, TV and performance, bringing warmth and confident pacing to every ceremony.

3 min read

Bridesmaids in robes laughing together during wedding morning preparation

Hot Pink Celebrant: When a Professional Comedian Marries You Instead of a Traditional Celebrant

Meet Penny Ashton, the Hot Pink Celebrant, a professional comedian and performer bringing 25 years of stage experience to Auckland wedding ceremonies.

3 min read

Libby, the celebrant and sole face behind Love and Liberty Weddings.

Love and Liberty: The Auckland Celebrant Who Says Skip the Traditions You Don't Love

Meet Love and Liberty Weddings, the Auckland celebrant who says skip the traditions you don't love and build a ceremony around who you actually are.

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Alyssa and Jay in their Albany retail store, home of Whipped Cakery's cabinet of cupcakes, brownies, macarons and custom cakes.

Whipped Cakery: The Albany Bakery Turning a Pandemic Setback Into Auckland's Prettiest Buttercream Cakes

Meet Whipped Cakery, the Albany buttercream studio two sisters-in-law built from a pandemic layoff into some of Auckland's prettiest sculptural wedding cakes.

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A trio of K Cake wedding cakes finished with sculptural sugar florals and modern couple monograms.

K Cake: The Grafton Studio Behind Auckland's Most Architectural Wedding Cakes

Meet K Cake, the Grafton studio behind Auckland's most architectural wedding cakes, from fluted monogram tiers to cascading sugar florals.

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A Sweet Bites Cakes wedding cake styled with wildflowers and dried florals.

Sweet Bites Cakes: A Henderson Bakery With Hundreds of Wedding Cakes to Its Name

Meet Sweet Bites Cakes, the Henderson bakery with hundreds of custom wedding cakes to its name and a portfolio spanning every style from clean modern tiers to sculptural sugar flowers.

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Andrew Price, the patissier behind Otti & Olli, at work in the kitchen.

Otti & Olli: The Titirangi Patissier Turning Wedding Cakes and Croquembouche Into Works of Art

Meet Otti & Olli, the Titirangi patissier duo behind Auckland's most striking wedding cakes and croquembouche towers.

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Alyssa Bennett, founder and creative director of Avant Garden, holding a pink rose.

Avant Garden: From Styling Gucci and Chanel in LA to Auckland Wedding Flowers

Meet Avant Garden's Alyssa Bennett, who styled florals for Gucci, Dior and Chanel in LA before bringing that eye for scale and colour home to Auckland weddings.

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A bride with sleek hair and soft, natural makeup, styled by The Peach Club.

The Peach Club: The Bridal Hair and Makeup Team Behind a Thousand Auckland Weddings

Meet The Peach Club, the Auckland bridal hair and makeup collective behind over a thousand weddings, known for calm mornings and natural, camera-ready finishes.

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Ivory dinner jackets with black satin piping, finished on mannequins at Payne Tailors.

Payne Tailors: Fifty Years of Bespoke Craft in the Heart of Parnell

Meet Payne Tailors, the Parnell house that has been hand-finishing bespoke grooms' suits in Auckland since 1969.

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