David Le
Winter wedding of Zoe & Scott at Parehua ...
Winter wedding of Zoe & Scott at Parehua Resort in Martinborough
David Le
Polly Harding and BJ woodland marquee wedding ...
Polly Harding and BJ woodland marquee wedding at Mt Bruce
David Le
Introducing the Palmers, Shannon and James ...
Introducing the Palmers, Shannon and James wedding in the Wairarapa
David Le
Francesca & Duncan turning up the Watts at ...
Francesca & Duncan turning up the Watts at Orlando Country
David Le
Rewind szn 23 with a tonne of stunners
Rewind szn 23 with a tonne of stunners

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New Zealand Top Wedding Vendors - Finalist

“We have narrowed down thousands of nominations for this year’s Top Vendor Awards”
— Wild Hearts x Together Journal

New Zealands Best Wedding Vendors 2022

Both Wild Hearts & Together Journal want to celebrate all of the incredible inspiring businesses around New Zealand so with your help, we have put together a list of some of the Best in the Industry – recognizing the top wedding vendors across the country as voted by you! 

After a really tough couple of years for our wedding community navigating Covid, postponements, cancellations and closed borders ~ we want to celebrate those businesses that have really worked hard to be where they are today and recognise them for being the best in the industry. 

We have narrowed down thousands of nominations for this year’s Top Vendor Awards for each of the categories below. Congratulations to all of the vendors that made it to the top vendors for 2022. You can vote for the overall NZ Top Vendor via the link below. 

NZ Best Wedding Vendors 2022

Mary and Reuben's Matakana Auckland Wedding

Reuben and Mary and their stunning wedding day

“Just a humble Marley get together and a spotify playlist”
— Mary & Reuben

Mary and Reuben’s wedding in Matakana has been the one on the calendar I was aiming to get to this season with all the spicy lung iso business at play. I don’t know how we got this far through the year dodging it, but we managed to pull it off.

Mary & Reuben decided early on to drop the big day down to 30 of their friends and fam and still tie the knot. From Reuben having the biggest wedding band known to man (I felt like a Hobbit of the LOTR picking up that monster) to Mary and her amazing custom wedding gown.

Plenty of laughs, they made me feel like one of the crew and we couldn’t have asked for more stunning day. All the best for big party next years at Stables Matakana to celebrate!

Venue Riverside Matakana | Dress Sarah Vincent | BM Dresses Evolution | Celebrant Sam Bennett | Suits Crane Brothers | Rings Global Diamonds | Hair Bravado Hair | MUA Blush Beauty | Bridal Florals Sophie Johana Florals | Ceremony Florals Flora Flowers Warkworth

Alana and Rob Orlando Country Wedding featured in the latest NZ Weddings Magazine

From McDonald early morning shifts to poppin bottles on their big day.

Alana and Rob’s beautiful wedding day is featured in the lastest issue of New Zealand Weddings Magazine.

Venue Orlando Country | Celebrant Greer Berry | MUA Jolene Guillum-Scott (Bridal Party) + Emma Doolan Makeup (Mum + Others) | Hair Sarah Higgins (Bridal Party) + Virginia Higgins (Mum + Others)| Dress Paperswan Bride/ Chosen by One Day / Sol Sana shoes | Bridesmaids Shona Joy / Show Po shoes | Groom Outfits 3 Wise Men / Barkers / Mischief Shoes | Cake The Crafted and Co | Flower Wall Flora Designs NZ | Florist Botanica | Furniture Hire Mustard Folk - Gatherings + Goods | Film Bad Panda Productions | Others Made Lovely Hire / Love Club Hire / Custom Crafts NZ / Little Touch Event Hire / Finders Keepers Store / Etch It Studio

Ashtyn and Jack big trucking wedding at Harrisville Speedway in Ohakea

My first venture out to Harrisville Speedway for the wedding of Ashtyn and Jack. Hay Bales, trucks, a country western outdoor area and a speedway oval - can’t get much more speedway Palmy than that can ya!

A few snaps from the pit crew.

Venue Harrisville Speedway Ohakea | Dress Etcetera Bridal | BM Dresses Chiffon boutique | Rings Max Wilson Diamond Jeweller | Stationery Graphics Hq | MUA Joleneguillumscott - Makeup Artist | Cake The Cakery | Flower Wall Floral Designs

Wes Anderson inspired stop animation film New Zealand wedding of Tina and Kris at Maungaraupi Country Estate

 
“Think of our wedding as a Friendsgiving - a Thanksgiving with our mates”
— Tina
 
 

Maungaraupi Country Estate 

2020 has been a doozy of a year so far and it has created and changed so many plans. I’ve had over a dozen postponements and another half a dozen cancellations, so after taking another cancellation email. About 48 hours after I had, Tina get in touch asking if I was available to come along and shoot their quick fire wedding. You create your own luck, and this was the world working in mysterious ways!

They found a little hidden gem in the middle of nowhere, Maungaraupi Country Estate, they fell in love with is decor and light and decided to invite their closest friends for a little Wes Anderson inspired Friendsgiving, a Thanksgiving but with their mates and tacked on a wedding too. Kris is originally from the UK and Tina from the US, so their overseas friends and family joined in via small video messages from home.

Taking inspiration from their Wes Anderson theme, Character cut inspo from my kids favourite books from 1995 ‘Machines and Amazing Mazes’ by Edmond Davis, techniques from photog talents in Briars Atlas and Van Middleton and shout out to the bro Brad Boniface for the 45mm tilt shift too, was spicy!

I decided to create a helluva GIF on steroids. With a clear cut cutting masterclass, take a look at their wedding day above in all its stop motion animated fantasticalness.

Venue Maungaraupi Country Estate