I thoroughly enjoy creating wedding ceremonies that are designed around you and your partner’s personalities. As an experienced celebrant, I can create your individualized content to reflect this. To enable me to learn all about your beautiful love story and weave it into a personalized ceremony, I have a series of questions that I like to ask my couples. As well as the interview process, I have a questionnaire for you to complete, and in addition to this, I will also give you a myriad of options from my three resource booklets to ponder.

We can either meet in person if you are local to the region, or meet via Zoom, or FaceTime. The reason I love my celebrant work is that each ceremony I write is unique to you as a couple and no two ceremonies are ever the same.

Through support, advice, feedback, inspiration, and meaningful discussions with you both, I will ensure that your ceremony flows seemingly effortlessly and captures the true essence of your relationship.

Your day- Your way.

Please contact me for a personalized quote. My bespoke ceremonies start off at $650 and may include travel costs if I am required to travel out of the region.

As a Validated Member of the Celebrants’ Association of New Zealand (VCANZ), I have been appointed by the Department of Births, Deaths, and Marriages (BDM) to officiate Registry Marriages. These have a set script provided by BDM, the couple must provide two witnesses, a maximum number of 20 guests, and the ceremony must be conducted on a weekday. The celebrant fee is $90.

Elopement

Planning to elope for that secret wedding- the team at Te Mahia can certainly assist with all the planning and arrangements, including providing the two witnesses, photography, flowers, and stunning accommodation.

Price on application- depending on any add-ons you may require.

I am also happy to travel to other locations for an elopement ceremony as well. Travel costs may be incurred if traveling more than 20 km from Te Mahia

Simplicity Style Ceremony

Or perhaps you would like a simple ceremony, where you have the option of selecting from a choice of three prewritten scripts, these are offered during weekdays or out of the busy wedding season. These ceremonies start out at $395 and do have certain conditions which may apply.

Feel free to contact me to see how I can assist.

When someone close to us dies, life can change drastically, at a time of immense grief you and your family will need to make decisions on the most appropriate way to say your final farewells. A funeral service provides a time and a space to grieve, to honour, celebrate and support each other at this very sad time of grief.

As a warm, caring Funeral Celebrant, I have strong empathy for working with families who are coming to terms with the death of their loved ones. There are so many special tributes that can be incorporated into today’s services that give special meaning to the ceremony. I am available to meet with you either at your home or at a place of your choosing. I will listen to what you would like to take place, hear your wonderful stories, embrace your ideas, and give you suggestions if needed. It is very important that I consult with you throughout this whole process and work hand in hand with the Funeral Director.

Your chosen Funeral Director will make contact with the Funeral Celebrant. However, you are very welcome to contact me directly, as it would be an honour to support you and your whanau for your loved one’s final farewell.

Someone I love has died today

And life is not the same

The greatest gift that you can give

Is just to speak their name

I need to hear their stories

And the tales of days gone past

I need for you to understand

These memories must last

We cannot make more memories

Since they are no longer here

So when you speak of them to me

It’s music to my ear

Dave o- The Cope Foundation

Going hand in hand with my Funeral Celebrant role, I have the rewarding privilege of coordinating the Farewell Trust and being a Death Care Advocate. Our mission: is to support dying at home in the Marlborough Sounds with care and dignity.

The Trust’s aim is to provide support and care for the client, the family, and close friends during their illness and in bereavement. We have a memorandum of understanding with Hospice Marlborough and work closely with their professional team.

As a caring compassionate Death Care Advocate, I am able to help with planning your end-of-life wishes at any stage of your life.

For more information on what we can offer at the Farewell Trust please view our website www.farewelltrust.org.nz

We can’t cure it, we can’t fix it. We can’t change it, but we’re here and we care.

Welcoming your newborn into this world is a most awesome occasion and you can choose to hold a lovely naming ceremony to celebrate this milestone. As a ‘Nanny Janny’ to my four gorgeous grandchildren, I just love creating and delivering these beautiful ceremonies.

Walk a little slower, Daddy

Said a little child so small.

I'm following in your footsteps

And I don't want to fall.

Sometimes your steps are very fast,

Sometimes they are hard to see;

So, walk a little slower, Daddy

For you are leading me.

Someday when I'm all grown up

You are what I want to be;

Then I will have a little child

Who will want to follow me

And I would want to lead just right,

And know that I was true;

So walk a little slower, Daddy,

For I must follow you.

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