Northland
13 venuesSub-tropical coast and quiet inlets: barefoot weddings, long light, the warmest corner of the country.
From $400
Wedding locations in New Zealand
Start with the place you want to marry: a coast, a high valley, a vineyard, a garden or a city an hour from everyone. Choose the location first, and the venue follows.
16regions, both islands
200venues listed in total
Everyprice band represented
North Island
Auckland
28 venuesCity rooms, harbour edges and vineyard islands a ferry ride away: the most venues, the easiest to reach.
From $165
Waikato
19 venuesRolling green farmland and established gardens: classic country weddings within an hour of the city.
From $1,750
Bay of Plenty
8 venuesWhite-sand beaches and orchard country: relaxed coastal days with a long, reliable summer.
From $74
Gisborne
8 venuesFirst to see the sun: a small, sunlit region of surf beaches and vineyards, intimate and unhurried.
From $1,000
Hawke's Bay
12 venuesArt-deco towns ringed by vineyards: wine-country weddings with a generous, sunlit table.
From $5,500
Taranaki
6 venuesA near-perfect maunga over coast and green farmland: dramatic backdrops, gardens of national note.
From $350
Manawatū-Whanganui
7 venuesRiver country and country estates: gentle, green and well-priced, central to both halves of the island.
From $3,000
Wellington
19 venuesA compact capital of harbour light and hill suburbs: characterful rooms, dramatic coast minutes away.
From $95
South Island
Tasman
5 venuesGolden bays and national-park edges: a mild, light-filled corner for relaxed coastal weddings.
From $2,000
Nelson
8 venuesOne of the country’s sunniest spots: an arts town between sea and hills, characterful and compact.
From $500
Marlborough
12 venuesSounds, sea and the country’s best-known vines: coastal calm and cellar-door weddings together.
West Coast
5 venuesWild beaches, rainforest and glacier country: for couples who want the elements, not the crowd.
Canterbury
24 venuesGarden city, braided rivers and the plains running to the alps: breadth, and a venue for every budget.
From $750
Otago
16 venuesHigh-country estates and gold-rush stone inland, heritage Dunedin and a wildlife coast: dramatic, four-season land.
Southland
10 venuesThe far south: big skies, lakes and the road to Fiordland. Quiet, grand and gently priced.
From $100
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