Auckland
12 venuesCity rooms, harbour edges and vineyard islands a ferry ride away — the most venues, the easiest to reach.
From $8,000
An editorial guide Aotearoa New Zealand
Where New Zealand gets married
Not a list to scroll. A guide to the places worth marrying in — found the way couples actually think: by landscape, by feeling, by what the day needs.
16Regions, coast to high country
69Venues listed
Honest detail on every listing every photographer creditedMost couples don't arrive knowing the venue. They arrive knowing a feeling.
So we built three ways in — not one search box. Start wherever your day is clearest in your mind, and let the rest follow.
Door one
By style
Browse by the mood you're after — the look of the day you keep picturing.
Find your aestheticDoor two
By region
Nowhere packs this much scenery into so little distance. Start with a landscape.
Explore the mapDoor three
By what the day needs
Guest count and beds on site rule out more venues than anything. Start practical.
Match my numbersThe editor's pick March
Cardrona Valley Estate
Cardrona Valley, Central Otago
Vows on open lawn beneath the tussock, then dinner in a century-old woolshed — without anyone leaving the property.
Capacity
120 seated
Sleeps
90 on site
Character
High-country winery
Door two, up close
New Zealand marries by landscape
Nowhere else has this much scenery in this little distance. Four regions couples ask for most — 9 in all.
Bay of Plenty
4 venuesWhite-sand beaches and orchard country — relaxed coastal days with a long, reliable summer.
From $8,000
Canterbury
5 venuesGarden city, braided rivers and the plains running to the alps — breadth, and a venue for every budget.
From $8,000
Gisborne
2 venuesFirst to see the sun — a small, sunlit region of surf beaches and vineyards, intimate and unhurried.
From $4,000
Hawke's Bay
4 venuesArt-deco towns ringed by vineyards — wine-country weddings with a generous, sunlit table.
From $10,000
Manawatū-Whanganui
3 venuesRiver country and country estates — gentle, green and well-priced, central to both halves of the island.
From $4,000
Marlborough
3 venuesSounds, sea and the country’s best-known vines — coastal calm and cellar-door weddings together.
From $10,000
Nelson
1 venueOne of the country’s sunniest spots — an arts town between sea and hills, characterful and compact.
From $10,000
Northland
3 venuesSub-tropical coast and quiet inlets — barefoot weddings, long light, the warmest corner of the country.
From $5,000
Top-rated venues
Every listing, at a glance
Capacity, beds on site, price band and the photographer's name — the facts that matter, on every card.
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Matamata, Waikato
Hobbiton
150 seated
From $30,000
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Te Awanga, Hawke's Bay
Cape Kidnappers Lodge
40 seated
From $40,000
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Palliser Bay, Wairarapa
Wharekauhau Country Estate
40 seated
From $35,000
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Taupō, Lake Taupō
Huka Lodge
40 seated
From $35,000
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Matauri Bay, Bay of Islands
The Kauri Cliffs Lodge
40 seated
From $35,000
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Havelock North, Hawke's Bay
Black Barn Vineyards
150 seated
From $15,000
Why we're different
A guide that tells the truth
Most directories are funnels. We're built on the opposite idea — that honesty is what serves a couple and a venue at the same time.
Honest from the start
Every venue is described with the real detail — capacity, caveats, price band — so couples know what they're enquiring about.
Photographers credited
Every photograph carries its photographer's name. The people who make venues look their best deserve to be seen.
One enquiry, no resale
Your enquiry goes straight to the venue — never mass-blasted, never sold on. People over platforms, always.
From the journal
Read before you shortlist
The honest, useful writing couples wish they'd found sooner — on planning, seasons, and getting the practical things right.
Planning
The question that eliminates half your venues
Before character, before region — ask whether your people can sleep on site. Here's why it matters more than you think.
6 min read
Seasons
Marrying in a New Zealand autumn
Late April light is the best-kept secret in the calendar. What an autumn wedding gains — and the one thing to plan for.
5 min read
The practical
Wet-weather plans that don't feel like a backup
A good venue has an indoor option you'd happily choose. How to tell the real plans from the afterthoughts.
7 min read
For venue owners
Enquiries from couples who already understand your venue
We're not a lead funnel. We're an editorial guide that sends you couples who've read the honest detail — your capacity, your catering, your price band — and want exactly what you offer.
- Qualified enquiries, pre-filled with the couple's date and guest count
- You're a named host, not an anonymous listing — you keep the relationship
- No mass-blasts, no lead resale, no bidding against nine other venues
- Your photographers credited on every image, built into the upload
1 in 3
Enquiries here convert to a venue visit
Zero
Enquiries sold, shared, or resold — ever
340+
New Zealand venues already hosted with us
Begin
Your venue is out there
Three ways in, 16 regions, every venue described honestly. Start with whatever feels clearest.
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