Tell us a little about yourselves, what you do, what you love, what is unique about you and relationship:
Let’s start from the beginning! 2 kiwi kids that both enjoy health and fitness which made absolute sense that we met at the gym (crossfit gym). Bizarre that we found each other across the ditch.
Living in New Zealand, Sam and I were very lucky that the Covid-19 pandemic didn’t impact our wedding plans too much, though we were devastated that some of our guests from Australia and the UK couldn’t make the ceremony.
I work in sales and Jonny is a project manager at his family business. We’re relatively low-key people so the idea of organising a day purely to celebrate us was hard to wrap our heads around at first.
Marie: I’m Georgian and Michael is Egyptian. While our cultures are seemingly different, there are lots of similarities – like the prospect of our families physically combusting if we were to live together before marriage. Oh, the horror!
Nick and I come from diverse backgrounds. I was born in the Philippines, and moved to Sydney at the end of secondary school. Nick was born in Sydney, and his father is Lebanese and his mother is French and Spanish.
We fell in love by complete chance, and now we’re the best of friends. Sometimes you never know when you’ll meet your person.
Tell us a little about yourselves, what you do, what you love, what is unique about you and your relationship:
Both Josh and I (Philippa) are based in Christchurch where we both grew up and have our own home – I’m in marketing and Josh is a lawyer.
We loved having such an intimate guest list as it meant being able to spend quality time with loved ones, without the pressure that comes with a big ceremony.
Tell us a little about yourselves, what you do, what you love…
Sam and I have been together for almost 7 years now. Sam works as a doctor and I work in Policy at a Ministry.
Our wedding day was very different to what we originally planned, due to the pandemic. We had dreamed of getting married overseas on my mum and dad’s 40th wedding anniversary so that we could share their special date, but restrictions meant we had to change our plans.
Tell us a little about yourselves, what you do, what you love, what is unique about you and your relationship:
We met briefly through a mutual friend when Ed was visiting Wellington one weekend. We didn’t speak or meet again until several years later…on day 1 of the university semester when we found each other in the foyer – it was a Chick Flick moment! Although our concentration on our classes wasn’t the best that semester, the romance bloomed and we’ve been inseparable ever since.
Leon and I found ourselves in some pretty unforgettable situations last year, as a consequence of the Covid-19 pandemic. Like hundreds of thousands of others around the world, our year didn’t exactly go to plan. Little did we know that we would get stuck in Thailand, sleep on an airport floor for a week and end up being stranded in Australia for three months!
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