Wedding Celebrant - Laura Giddey

04/11/2024

The gorgeously happy Dannie and Nick 🥰
These two walked in together (one of my fave parts from our wedding was this moment too!), both laughed when Dannie said the wrong name in the vows, and then beamed on their way out when I announced them as Dr (she literally got her PhD days before her wedding) Dannie and Nick. Plus how stunning is Dannie in her reception outfit?!
Captured by the lovely nicolepatonphotography

22/03/2024

How good are these photos by Lauren of Wildfolk Photography of Emily and Sam's recent wedding! I especially love the crowd shots of their family and friends filled with joy and smiles as we got them hitched. And how's that gorgeous Clevedon property?!
I feel so lucky to have this very special job.

10/03/2024

Look at these gorgeous newlyweds 🥰

Kind words from Abbey and Max:
“Quite literally the best celebrant in town!
Laura is the loveliest, coolest, nicest person we could have had marry us. 10/10!!”

Photo by Lionel Tan Photography at Little Wilderness ✨

26/02/2024

15/02/2024

TCS MEMBER WEDDING! ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Look, we are sure that there are MANY reasons why our lovely TCS member, .celebrant and her now HUSBAND, chose the stunning in New Zealand for their wedding.

We're convinced though, that part of the reason was to have the fabulous and TCS icon marry them!

We love it when one of our own gets married and even more so when another member is given the honour of being their celebrant.

Congratulations Emily and Brendan!

Photographer

07/12/2023

Caption this 🙃 capturing me at my absolute best 🤣 while also capturing Tiaan and George looking gorgeous.

05/10/2023

In the last week I’ve been the celebrant for two weddings, one handfasting ceremony, and one funeral. I feel very privileged to be part of such big life events for people. 💚💐

12/09/2023

I was recently on my friend Nicole's (Nicole Paton Photography) podcast Your Marriage Awaits - The Wedding Planning Podcast and here's the link for a listen plus more juicy bits on her blog! And yes that beach picture gets explained!

This Your Marriage Awaits Podcast episode is dedicated to helping New Zealand Couples find and choose a wedding venue. A helpful Resource for kiwi couples planning their wedding day in New Zealand, Within the blog people can listen to the venue episode, find out the top 5 things to consider when cho...

29/06/2023

If you're reading this, then you probably know that I love dogs with all of my heart. So do Nate and Annika as evidenced by their recent mini wedding. Check out these beautiful (and delightfully distracting) doggos!
Shot by A2K Photography at Nate's family's property in Hunua.

27/06/2023

Alivea and Craig's beautiful wedding recently at Settlers Country Manor . How stunning is that dress, that Alivea made herself?! These photos don't do it justice. Their whole wedding had so many DIY details with icing cogs, spray painted car parts, native plants in resin, and even a paw print or two in their signage. Alivea also made their wedding cake! Super creative couple, and I loved marrying them!
Photos by Dreamlife Photos & Video - Auckland,

25/05/2023

Emotional and cheeky, that described the tone of Apple and Mar’s recent wedding ceremony at Markovina Vineyard Estate! These two met when Mar helped Apple move house because they had a mutual friend, the only success story that ever came from helping someone move 🤣 how’s that aisle kiss shot?!
Photos from Light and Gold.

24/05/2023

Beautiful smiles from these two beautiful brides! A sprinkling of rain couldn’t stop Bonnie and Sarah having a lovely afternoon recently at the Birkenhead Yacht Club. I know they were particularly excited to be able to say “that’s my wife”! 😍
Photos by Dreamlife Photos & Video - Auckland.

09/05/2023

Remembering those few-and-far-between days of better weather we've had this year. How beautiful is this gorgeous little greenhouse at the Boutique Barn in Puhoi?! Perfect for elopements or micro weddings, like Stef and Ron had, with just a few guests and their son in attendance. These two originally planned to get married last December but wee Ryan decided he had to be at the wedding so arrived early, pushing their day back to April.
Lovely shots captured by Laura Tait Photography.

01/05/2023

Gorgeous photos of Nadia and James’ recent wedding at Nocton Woolshed from Zanthe Vorsatz Photography 😍 such a fun day with a lovely couple.
Approx 8 years ago these two met at Nadia’s sister Heidi’s engagement party and in 2015 I married Heidi and Stefan with Nadia as bridesmaid. Fast forward to now and Heidi was bridesmaid with her daughter Quinn as a very enthusiastic flower-girl (but with a bubble machine), plus Stefan was expertly doing music and MC duties.
Full circle! Beautiful family! Best job!
It was also lovely to meet and work with Zanthe for the first time, work at Nocton for the first time, as well as work with the videographer from my own wedding, Hayley from Beau and Arrow, also for the first time! Phew, big day.

23/04/2023

Beautiful summery photos from the lovely Mikayla Bollen Photography of Sarah and Aaron's recent celebration at Devonport. Just family with a beautiful beach view in the back, in front of a sweet tree. Ideal!

21/03/2023

Carolina and Bax married at the Park Hyatt on Sunday! Look at these babes 😍

12/03/2023

Happy one week anniversary to my friends Harry and Amanda! Married last Monday at the beautiful Bridgewater Country Estate and shot by Kouki Photography NZ: Photo & Cinema.
I’ve known Harry since we were teenagers at Howick Children's and Youth Theatre and Amanda is a fellow dog lover, bookworm, and true crime podcast fan so I’ve loved getting to know her too.
Such a lovely day in the forest 🥰

22/02/2023

I recently got to be part of Priya and Brett’s Indian fusion celebration at Kumeu Valley Estate. Often the Indian cultural events are on different days to the legal ceremony but these guys combined them so I got to watch the Pundit (and their MC who translated what was happening) speak beautiful words and illustrate them with symbols, song, and all the senses! I loved it, and felt very lucky to be invited. My favourite part was when the couple gave each other chocolate and the Pundit reminded them to keep their words to each other “sweet”.
Beautiful photos, as always from Samantha. Can’t wait to see more.