Gilbert “Gibo” Cortes Wellington wind by month and direction, plus fourteen photo locations rated for shelter in a northerly and in a southerly. What the wind actually does to veils, arbours and vows — and where to go when it turns up.
Thirteen Waikato photo locations, how each one behaves in the light, where you park and whose permission you need. Written for couples getting married between Hamilton and Cambridge.
Only a handful of Auckland venues publish a position on the three things that decide an Indian wedding — a sacred fire, a baraat arrival, and your own caterer. Which venues say yes to all three, and which quietly do not.
Choose in this order: the guest number you cannot cut, what your family’s traditions require, what the venue’s catering and alcohol rules allow — and only then the look of the place. Why that order saves money and arguments.
A genuinely open dry-hire venue in Auckland is rarer than the listings suggest — and what decides your build is not the hire fee, it is the kitchen the venue gives your caterer. Which ones actually deliver one.
92 questions to ask on a venue tour, grouped in the order you will need them, free and with no email required. The starred ones are the questions that cause the most regret when nobody thinks to ask them.
Auckland venue fees run roughly $700 to $3,100 depending on season and day, and catering with drinks $120 to $330 a head all-inclusive — or $25 to $140 if you bring your own caterer. Where the money actually goes.
East Auckland’s venues split between the Howick–Maraetai coast and the countryside behind Whitford and Clevedon. Most cap at 120 to 150 — so if you need 250 with your own caterer, this is which ones can actually take you.
The North Shore is built for weddings of 120 to 180. Only five venues across the Shore and Hibiscus Coast publish a capacity of 200 or more — here is every venue, what it holds, and what to do if your list is bigger.
Eighteen Waikato wedding venues — Hobbiton, Red Barn, TreeChurch, Zealong and the rest — with what each one is actually like, who it suits and a link straight to its own site. Six of them we have photographed ourselves.
