Tui Hills, Auckland

18/04/2024

Come to our Bite-size Sunday open day and see why Tui Hills is the ultimate kiwi wedding venue. May 5, 11am-2pm. Includes a complimentary drink and canapes - $10pp. Click this link to request tickets:

https://tuihills.co.nz/bite-size-sunday-may-2024/

04/04/2024

WEEKDAY WEDDINGS from $5,000 - ALL YEAR ROUND

If you have your heart set on a full 8-hour wedding with ceremony and reception, this could be the answer you’ve been looking for.

By having your wedding on Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday, the minimum spend drops to $5,000 (2023/24), $5.250 (2024/25) or $5,500 (2025/26). This weekday rate is available all year round, including summer peak season.

Click this link to find out more:
https://tuihills.co.nz/compact-affordable-weddings/

26/01/2024

Our head chef has been reworking our popular buffet menu to make it even more appealing. Here are some sample dishes from our Gold and Platinum buffet, revealed at a staff tasting this week.

The dishes included:
- Grilled flank steak, chimichurri
- Braised Wagyu Beef short ribs, sweetcorn puree, Sage crumb
- Pork belly burnt ends, bourbon BBQ glaze, ranch, watercress
- 3 bean chilli, guacamole, vegan labneh, corn tortilla chips
- Smoked fish pie, chive mash crust
- Braised beef cheek, tomato, creamy polenta, salsa verde
- Roasted chicken thigh, mushroom, tarragon cream
- Mac n cheese, bechamel, parmesan crust

https://tuihills.co.nz/

19/01/2024

Some scrumptious and colourful new dishes were revealed at the first staff tasting of the year at Tui Hills. These family-style sharing plates will be available from October. For now, here's a chance to savour the dishes from our Gold and Platinum menus.

They include, in order:
- Hot smoked salmon platter with whippe cream cheese, pickled cucumber and fine herbs
- Salmon rillette, shallot herb salad with grilled ciabatta and lemon
- Whipped feta, truffle, date, apple, rosemary and hot honey
- Braised beef cheek with soft polenta, salsa verde and Nhuja crumb
- Chicken lollipops
- Ceviche market fish with prawn, lime, avocado and cumin papadums
- Kofta-spiced lamb with hummus and coriander
- Chicken roulade with sage and onion stuffing, celeriac puree, chimichurri and green beans
- The last two images are of our platinum and Gold menus respectively.

https://tuihills.co.nz/

19/12/2023

We love seeing these women come back to life!

18/12/2023

Wedding Of The Year Winners

Congratulations to Ryan and Anna Taylor, who are the winners of our 2022-23 Wedding of the Year event, as judged by Zahn Trotter of Auckland Weddings website. We love the images from photographer Caitlin Spear, and our team loved working with such a wonderful, stylish couple.

Their prize is a weekend away at the luxury Top House Lodge in Russell.

Thanks to everyone who sent us their feedback and photos as part of the event. Wedding of the Year runs from November to October each year. To enter, all you have to do is fill in our feedback form after your big day.

https://tuihills.co.nz/

Caitlin Spear Photography

12/12/2023

Don't Lose Your Date 🗓️
Book Before Christmas & Beat The Rush 🎄🙂

Thousands of couples will be getting engaged over the festive season, which is why January is the busiest time of the year for wedding enquiries.

Book now if you want to make sure your date's secure before the best ones are snapped up in a few weeks. It takes only $1,000 to get your special day off the market and enjoy a stress-free Christmas.

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31/10/2023

Cultural weddings with styling, planning and dining to suit, are our newest offerings. To find out more, just click these links:

https://tuihills.co.nz/chinese-weddings/
https://tuihills.co.nz/pasifika-weddings/
https://tuihills.co.nz/indian-weddings/

Photos Zahn, Fluro Grey, Kouki Weddings & Elopement: Photo & Video

26/09/2023

"Wow" - was the most common expression when couples saw the new Nikau Pavilion at our Bite Size - Pavilion Grand Opening last Sunday. Until you see it in person, it's hard to appreciate just how big the pavilion is, and how warm and even the light is from the 7m-high translucent roof. There was a lot of gazing upwards!

The venue was also displaying other innovations, such as the use of vases as an alternative to floral runners for the dining tables, and the new ceremony styling package with interchangeable coloured silk flowers to coordinate with venue and wedding party flowers.

https://tuihills.co.nz/

Photos Nicola Topping Photographer
Flowers Florescence
Live Music - Gemma Celeste Better Band Company

22/09/2023

A sneak peek at our new fairylight wall outside the new Nikau Pavilion which opens officially this Sunday (Sep 24) with an open day from 11.30am-3.30pm. We look forward to seeing you there to have a look around, enjoy free canapes and our cash bar. Staff will be on hand to answer your questions and take bookings.
https://tuihills.co.nz/

11/09/2023

Here's a first peek at the newly-completed Nikau Pavilion - the big new weatherproof ceremony and events space at Tui Hills, with a 160 sqm floor and 7m-high translucent roof. The structure that took three months to build was completed on time and has already hosted its first wedding, last Saturday.

See the new building for yourself at our Bite Size Sunday Grand Opening on Sunday, September 24, 11.30am-3.30pm. There'll be free canapes and a cash bar, plus staff on site to show you around the venue, answer your questions and take bookings.

https://tuihills.co.nz/

31/08/2023

Tui Hills is about to open its all-weather indoor ceremony and event space - the new Nikau Pavilion - and you're invited to the party! Come and see what took more than three months to build. You'll love its 7m-high translucent roof, and glass walls that can be opened to bring the outdoors in on warm fine days, and keep showers and wind out on rainy days.

29/08/2023

The finale of our tasting season, held at sister venue Abel Estate, saw a full house of diners eager to try the new creations by chef Alex Dare. They weren't disappointed. Aside from the many compliments about the standard of the dishes, diners had more than enough to eat. As one put it: "To think I was concerned about the amount of food - I've eaten so much I can't breathe!"
https://abelestate.co.nz/

Photos Nicola Topping Photographer

25/07/2023

Tui Hills' new buffet menu got plenty of compliments at the Buffet Tasting Night held this weekend at sister venue Abel Estate due to building work on the new Nikau Pavilion. The buffet menu included Gold and Platinum dishes, with several booked couples deciding to upgrade to the premium options. Our next tasting night is for plated meals, on August 19, also at Abel Estate.
https://tuihills.co.nz/

Photos Nicola Topping Photographer

12/07/2023

Providing a large weatherproof ceremony area has taken a major step forward, with the 7m-high frame of the new Nikau Pavilion being lifted into place by crane. "Everything's on schedule for a grand opening of the new pavilion in time for September weddings," said Tui Hills' owner Ruth Carpenter. The new structure will accommodate up to 120 guests. To find out more, visit https://tuihills.co.nz/our-new-look/

https://tuihills.co.nz/

22/06/2023

Plated dining like no other wedding venue. Feast your eyes on these new dishes. Full menus here: https://bit.ly/3qp7DpI

https://tuihills.co.nz/

04/06/2023

Dine with us for a taste of our wedding menus and experience the new standard in wedding cuisine for Tui Hills. Click https://bit.ly/3qp7DpI for details and booking.

Tasting Nights in July and August cost $79-$109 per person including a free glass of bubbles, with separate nights for sharing style, buffet and plated dining.

Photo Ethan Lowry Photography

21/05/2023

Matching flowers for the wedding party and the venue are a perfect combo for your special day. Here's a wonderful example of Boho Chic from our florist, Meghann Humphries of Go Flowers NZ.
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Flowers Go Flowers NZ

07/05/2023

You'll be sheltered from the rain, while still feeling at one with nature, with the new Nikau Pavilion scheduled for completion by the end of August.

With translucent panels and draping for the roof, the new structure will protect you and your guests from the sun and showers. And the movable, weatherproof glass sides will slide open so you feel part of the native garden surroundings.

The rebuilt Nikau Pavilion will have the capacity for 120 seated guests and provide a fabulous alternative to the outdoor Kowhai Glade as a ceremony space in both summer and winter.

https://tuihills.co.nz/

02/05/2023

Even in the wet you can enjoy an outdoor ceremony under the Nikau Pavilion canopy.
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Photos Katrina Cooke Photography, Zahn Trotter, Geoff Salisbury Photography NZ, Lionel Tan Photography

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21/04/2023

No matter how well you've planned, as the wedding draws near it's easy to get caught up in those tiny little details such as cake toppers, favours, the music playlist and much, much more. The big mistake is to get wrapped up in the small stuff which can ruin your big day, if you let it.
https://tuihills.co.nz/planning-plus/dont-stress-the-small-stuff/

Fab Wedding Advice - Part 10 of a 10-part series

16/04/2023

What a difference four years makes: the bridal path transformed and looking beautiful.
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Photos: Craig Shearer, Caitlin Spear Photography

14/04/2023

You've heard the old saying : "it takes a village". It was never more true than with organising a wedding. So you don't get consumed by all the work, learn early how to delegate, and don't be shy about it. Your nearest and dearest will want to help.
https://tuihills.co.nz/planning-plus/delegate-delegate-delegate/

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Fab Wedding Advice - Part 8 of a 10-part series

07/04/2023

When organising a wedding, time is rarely your friend. The biggest danger is that close to the date of the wedding you'll suddenly realise you have a million decisions to make, and things to organise, but time is fast running out. Use fake deadlines so you don't have to go to panic stations.
https://tuihills.co.nz/planning-plus/de-stress-with-fake-deadlines/

Fab Wedding Advice - Part 8 of a 10-part series

04/04/2023

There are some great ways to ensure you have happy, entertained guests at Tui Hills. A cultural performance will wow them. Who can resist a photobooth? And talking with friends at the bar and dancing the night away are time-honoured ways to celebrate.
https://tuihills.co.nz/

Photos Fluro Grey, Kiri Marsters Photography, Nomad Weddings - Queenstown Heli-Elopements, Passion and Glow Photo + Video

28/03/2023

Flowers add to every facet of a wedding, from the bouquet to the buttonhole, rotunda, ceremony chairs and table flowers.
https://tuihills.co.nz/

Photos , Nicola Topping Photographer, Fay Carey Photographer, Lionel Tan Photography
Table Flowers Go Flowers NZ

25/03/2023

Before and after. Tui Hills' iconic rotunda gets a trim.
https://tuihills.co.nz/

24/03/2023

Once you've chosen the venue and vendors to make your wedding a reality, relax and let them do just that. You'll enjoy your day so much more than if you keep trying to do their job for them. As the old saying goes, "why have a dog and bark yourself?"
https://tuihills.co.nz/planning-plus/trust-your-suppliers/

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Fab Wedding Advice - Part 7 of a 10-part series

21/03/2023

Whether it's fruit cake, sponge cake or a cake made of cheese - let them cut cake!
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Photos Kiri Marsters Photography, Caitlin Spear Photography, Riverside Photography NZ, Passion and Glow Photo + Video,
Geoff Salisbury Photography NZ, Woollie Weddings

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18/03/2023

If we gave a prize for the newlyweds with the best moves, Bethany and Blake Alexander would be top of the list. Just look at them burning up the dancefloor!
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Photos Woollie Weddings