Lucy's Vendor Directory

North Island Wide

These vendors travel and operate across the North Island — perfect no matter where your event is based.

Lucy's note: These are suppliers we know and trust regardless of which depot your hire is coming from. Most will travel to you — just ask them when you enquire.

Stationery

Lucy's Pick
Just My Type
Hamilton-based Gem Gudsell creates luxury wedding stationery that genuinely feels like keepsakes. Semi-custom suites from $250, full custom from $650. Incredible attention to detail, brilliant at translating a couple's vibe into paper. A favourite of Lucy's for good reason.
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Harlan Creative
Beautifully considered stationery with a modern, editorial edge. Great for couples who want something clean and contemporary rather than florals-and-script.
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Hey Lola Design
Bold, colourful stationery for couples who want personality on the page. Especially great for relaxed, fun weddings where the stationery sets a playful tone from the first save-the-date.
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Inker Tinker
Specialist in hand-lettered signage and calligraphy stationery. If you want that beautiful, personalised welcome sign or table seating board, Inker Tinker is who you call.
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HJR Studio
Refined, minimal stationery with beautiful typographic sensibility. Particularly strong on invitations and on-the-day stationery suites for couples with a clean, modern aesthetic.
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Alcohol Supply

Lucy's Pick
Euro Vintage
NZ's go-to for premium imported wine, beer and spirits. Multi-award-winning distributor based in Auckland. Perfect for couples who want a curated wine list or premium spirits selection without the retail markup. They supply to trade — ask your caterer or bar staff to order through them.
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Props & Tableware

Folio Hire
Beautiful prop and tableware hire for events across NZ. Exceptional range of ceramics, glassware, cutlery and decorative pieces that elevate a tablescape from nice to extraordinary.
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Social Hire
Stylish hire pieces for wedding styling — props, furniture accents, neon signs and more. Great for adding personality and photographic moments to your reception space.
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Royal Laboratorie
Luxurious tableware and prop hire. Specialising in high-end pieces for couples who want their table setting to look like a styled shoot. Exceptional for editorial or luxury-style receptions.
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Videographers

Lucy's Pick
Sink and Surface
Cinematic wedding films with a documentary, story-driven approach. If you want a wedding film you'll actually watch again and again — this is who you hire. Beautiful work across all NZ regions.
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Taken Of You
Photography and videography duo offering both services together — ideal for couples who want a cohesive visual story from a single team. Strong across Auckland, BOP and Waikato.
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Flat Roc Films
Natural, emotional wedding films with a light and airy visual style. Great for outdoor and marquee weddings where the landscape is part of the story.
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Jackson Bright
Adventurous, beautifully crafted films for couples who love travel and the outdoors. Jackson's work has a distinct warmth — perfect for rural or farm-style marquee weddings.
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Wedding Planners & Coordinators

Lucy's Pick
With Sophie
A beautifully considered wedding planning and styling studio. Sophie brings a calm, creative energy to every event — deeply invested in making your vision feel completely personal and effortlessly executed.
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With Love by Lisa
Wedding planning, coordination and celebrant services — a rare three-in-one. Lisa is warm, experienced and incredibly practical. Great value if you want to consolidate your planning support.
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PS I Love You
A styling-forward coordination team who understand how to make a space look and feel exactly right. Especially good at pulling together the visual elements — styling, florals, layout — into a coherent whole.
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One Fine Day
One of NZ's most respected wedding planning studios. Exceptional for larger, complex weddings where every detail needs to be perfectly managed. They think of everything so you don't have to.
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Photographers

Lucy's Pick
Taken Of You
Photography and videography duo — a real strength when you want both captured by people who work in sync. Natural, emotive and beautifully composed. Excellent for marquee events where light and environment tell the story.
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Sapphire Studios
Warm, editorial wedding photography with a romantic, natural light style. Consistently stunning work across all types of NZ weddings. One of our most-recommended photographers.
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Amour Weddings
French-inspired romance in every frame. A distinct aesthetic that suits couples going for something timeless and a little cinematic. Widely travelled across NZ and internationally.
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Stephan & Nakita
A husband-and-wife duo shooting together — which means you get two perspectives at every moment without the awkwardness of two strangers following you around. Beautifully natural, documentary-style work.
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Ash Muir
Moody, atmospheric and deeply personal wedding photography. Ash is brilliant at capturing real moments rather than posed ones — the kind of photos that make you feel something years later.
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Aysha and Hamish
A husband-and-wife photography team with a warm, documentary approach. Their images feel completely natural — you forget you're being photographed, which is exactly the point. Lovely to have around on the day.
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Ruby Jayne
Soft, luminous photography with a romantic, sun-drenched quality. Ruby Jayne's images are instantly beautiful and consistently popular with couples who love a warm, golden aesthetic.
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Ruby Jean Photography
Warm, film-inspired photography with a soft romantic quality. Ruby Jean captures genuine emotion beautifully — a wonderful choice for couples who want images full of feeling and natural light.
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Zara Staples
Contemporary, editorial photography with a bright and fresh aesthetic. Zara brings a calm, confident presence to the day and produces images that are clean, modern and genuinely stunning.
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Signage & Custom Printing

Custom Stickers NZ
Fast, affordable custom sticker and decal printing — great for personalised touches like custom labels for favour bottles, seating chart stickers, or envelope seals. Simple to order online.
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Blink Boys
Creative signage, neon signs and custom printed pieces for weddings and events. Brilliant for statement pieces that photograph beautifully and give your reception a real point of difference.
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Colab Projects
Custom creative production — signage, installations and branded event elements. Colab Projects bring a design-forward approach to bespoke pieces that make your wedding feel completely unique.
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BOP · Waikato · Coromandel

One of the most stunning backdrops for a marquee wedding in NZ — beach, farm, vineyard. These suppliers know this territory.

Lucy's note: Beach, farm and vineyard weddings all day long. These suppliers know the BOP, Waikato and Coromandel regions inside out and know how to work with a marquee setup.

Caterers

Lucy's Pick
No Biggie
Mount Maunganui-based Sarah and Jesse built No Biggie after returning from France and Italy completely obsessed with produce-driven cooking. They source seasonally from local farmers and turn it into genuinely stunning wedding feasts. Shared-style menus are their forte. Lucy's Events even hosted a client tasting with them — that's how highly we rate them.
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Whisk Catering
Experienced wedding and event caterers operating across the BOP and Waikato. Known for well-executed, crowd-pleasing menus with good attention to dietary requirements. Reliable and professional.
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Sugarfish
Tauranga-based catering with a focus on fresh, elegant food. Strong on grazing tables and cocktail-style service alongside more formal dining options.
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Cream Catering
Beautifully presented food for weddings and events in the BOP region. Particular strength in elegant, chef-driven menus for seated dining.
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Terrace Kitchen
Known for exceptional hospitality and a relaxed, produce-forward approach. A brilliant choice for couples who want food that feels effortless and generous rather than fussy.
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Kerr & Ladrbook
Waikato-based catering with a reputation for high-quality food and flexible service. Experienced with large-scale marquee events and farm weddings in the region.
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Florists

Lucy's Pick
Floral Centric
Lush, garden-style florals with a relaxed, romantic aesthetic. Floral Centric work beautifully with marquee settings — they understand scale and how flowers interact with large open spaces. One of our most-referred florists in this region.
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Blue Meadow Florals
Wild, seasonal florals inspired by the New Zealand landscape. Perfect for couples who love a more organic, garden-gathered look over structured arrangements.
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Aster and Bloom
Contemporary floral styling with a strong editorial sensibility. Great for couples who want florals that photograph beautifully and feel fresh and modern.
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Chloe Le Fleur
Romantic, feminine florals with a luxurious feel. Chloe creates immersive floral installations as well as classic bridal arrangements — spectacular for marquee entrance and ceremony arches.
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Wedding Planners & Coordinators

CR Productions
Full-service event and wedding production across the BOP. Strong on logistics and technical production — ideal for larger weddings where things need to run precisely on time.
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The Event Refinery
Refined, detail-obsessed event planning for weddings that need everything to be perfect. The Event Refinery is particularly strong at managing complex multi-supplier days with calm, precision.
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With Love by Lisa
Wedding planning, coordination and celebrant services across the BOP. Lisa is warm, experienced and incredibly practical — a great all-rounder who takes the stress out of the planning process.
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With Sophie
A beautifully considered planning and styling studio operating across the BOP. Sophie brings calm, creative energy and genuine investment in making every couple's vision feel completely personal.
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Lighting

Lucy's Pick
Vintage and Style
Atmospheric lighting hire and design — festoons, Edison bulbs, chandeliers and custom installations. Their work transforms a marquee from a tent into something magical. Highly recommend discussing your lighting plan with them early — it genuinely changes the whole feel of the space.
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La Lumiere
Specialised event lighting design and hire. La Lumiere creates layered, professional lighting rigs that bring warmth and drama to any marquee interior. Excellent for evening receptions.
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Music & DJs

Lucy's Pick
Josh Pow
One of the most in-demand wedding DJs in the BOP. Josh reads a room brilliantly — he knows when to build, when to hold back, and when to absolutely go for it. If you want a dance floor that genuinely goes off, Josh is your guy.
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Mix It DJs
Professional wedding DJs with excellent equipment and a strong range of music across all genres. Great for couples who want their specific music tastes taken seriously.
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Shaun Preston
Versatile wedding musician and DJ — strong on ceremony music as well as reception. Great option if you want one supplier to handle music from the ceremony through to the dance floor.
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Hair & Make-up

Gabrielle Houghton
Luxury bridal hair and make-up across the BOP. Beautiful, polished results that hold all day — especially important for outdoor and marquee weddings where you need everything to last.
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NKD
Tauranga-based hair and make-up studio with a strong team for wedding bookings. Good for larger bridal parties who need multiple artists working in sync.
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Kate Solley
Natural, editorial bridal beauty. Kate's work photographs beautifully and leans toward a fresh, glowy aesthetic rather than heavy makeup. Wonderful for outdoor and daytime weddings.
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Bar Staff

Lucy's Pick
Coromandel Caravan Bar
A beautiful mobile bar in a vintage caravan — a brilliant point of difference for farm or outdoor weddings. Serves as a visual feature as much as a bar. Hugely popular and books up fast.
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Amenities

Hirepool
NZ's most established equipment hire company — portable toilets, generators and event infrastructure. Essential for remote or rural marquee weddings. Book early, especially over summer.
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Luxe Loos
Premium portable bathroom trailers that are genuinely luxurious — flushing toilets, running water, mirrors and lighting. If you're having a high-end marquee wedding, Luxe Loos is the only way to go. Your guests will be impressed.
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Aim Hire
General event equipment hire including generators, portable toilets and site infrastructure. Good alternative to Hirepool for BOP and Waikato bookings.
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Auckland · Northland

Our Auckland depot covers the city and surrounding regions — from Waiheke to Northland and everything in between.

Lucy's note: Auckland is our biggest depot and we have long-standing relationships with these suppliers. Many of them have worked alongside our team at events — we know their work firsthand.

Caterers

Lucy's Pick
The Collective Catering
One of Auckland's most respected wedding caterers. Creative, seasonal menus with exceptional presentation. Strong on shared-style and banquet dining — exactly the kind of food that makes a marquee wedding feel abundant and generous.
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The Great Catering Company
Experienced, high-quality wedding catering across Auckland. Known for well-executed menus that scale well for larger guest counts without losing quality.
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Little & Wolf
Artisan catering with a strong focus on flavour and beautiful presentation. Great for couples who want food that feels personal and carefully considered rather than corporate.
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Whisk Catering
Versatile wedding catering that delivers consistently across a range of styles and budgets. Good communicators, reliable and experienced with marquee events.
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Cote Catering
French-inspired catering with refined execution. Particularly strong on wine pairing and elegant service style. A great choice for weddings with a sophisticated, European aesthetic.
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Source Kitchen
Produce-led catering with a focus on sustainability and local sourcing. Beautiful food that tastes as good as it looks — and guests always notice.
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Florists

Lucy's Pick
Isidia Florals
Lush, considered florals with an earthy, romantic quality. Isidia are wonderful at large-scale installations — marquee archways, ceiling installations and statement centrepieces that make the whole space feel alive.
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Floral Stylist
Editorial, fashion-forward florals with a strong sense of colour and composition. Great for couples who want florals that feel unexpected and genuinely stylish.
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Leaf and Honey
Soft, organic florals with a wild, collected-from-the-garden feel. Leaf and Honey work beautifully with natural settings and make everything feel effortlessly beautiful.
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Floral Centric
Romantic, lush arrangements that work beautifully at scale. Experienced with marquee weddings and the specific considerations of large open spaces.
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Blush
Classic romantic florals in a soft, feminine palette. Perfect for couples who love blush, ivory and sage — and who want florals that feel timeless rather than trend-led.
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Michelle Coomey
Distinctive, artistic florals with a strong personal style. Michelle's work is immediately recognisable — if you love bold, impactful arrangements that make a statement, she's brilliant.
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Celebrants

Lucy's Pick
Married by Georgia May
Warm, witty and completely couple-focused. Georgia writes ceremonies that actually sound like the people getting married — not a generic script. She's relaxed, funny when appropriate, and makes the whole thing feel completely natural. Hugely in demand, book early.
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With Love by Lisa
Experienced celebrant who also offers planning and coordination — very convenient if you want to work with one trusted person across multiple roles. Warm, professional and a great listener.
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Swami Yogamani
For couples who want a ceremony with real spiritual depth and intention. Swami brings a unique, soulful quality to ceremonies that couples remember as genuinely moving.
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Hannah Webster
A beautiful storyteller who creates ceremonies full of heart and personality. Hannah listens carefully and reflects your relationship back to you in a way that moves your guests.
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Hair & Make-up

Lucy's Pick
Peach Club
Auckland's go-to for luminous, natural bridal beauty. Peach Club have a team of artists who work beautifully together for larger bridal parties. They make you look like yourself — just the best version.
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Gabrielle Houghton
Polished, luxury bridal hair and make-up that holds beautifully all day. A favourite for brides who want flawless results without the heavy feel.
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Kate Solley
Natural, glowing bridal beauty with an editorial eye. Particularly strong for outdoor and marquee weddings where fresh, luminous skin reads beautifully in natural light.
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Bar Staff

Lucy's Pick
Black Pineapple
Auckland's most stylish wedding bar team. They bring the equipment, the skill and the energy. Black Pineapple specialise in cocktail-forward bars and know how to make a marquee bar feel like a proper experience, not an afterthought.
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The Cocktail Guy
Cocktail bar specialists for weddings and events. If you want a signature wedding cocktail and a bar that becomes a talking point, The Cocktail Guy delivers. Brilliant for welcome drinks and cocktail hours.
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Lower North Island

Our Palmerston North depot covers the lower North Island — Hawke's Bay, Wellington, Manawatū and surrounds.

Lucy's note: The lower North Island has some incredible marquee wedding locations — farm properties, vineyard estates and coastal spots. These are the suppliers who know this territory best.

Caterers

Lucy's Pick
Ruth Pretty Catering
An institution in NZ wedding catering. Ruth Pretty's team brings decades of experience and genuine excellence to every event. If you want to absolutely guarantee the food is extraordinary, Ruth Pretty is the gold standard for the lower North Island.
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Ortons Public Catering
A Palmerston North favourite — produce-forward, creative menus with a strong local identity. Excellent value and real passion for what they do. Well-equipped for large-scale marquee events.
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L'Epicure
Refined, French-influenced catering for weddings and events. Elegant presentation and thoughtful menus — a strong choice for couples who want a sophisticated dining experience.
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The Crafted and Co.
Craft-focused catering with a relaxed, generous style. Known for beautiful grazing and sharing menus. Great for couples who want food that feels abundant and welcoming.
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Florists

Lucy's Pick
Pineapple Sage
Palmerston North's standout florist for weddings. Bold, sculptural arrangements with a strong creative vision — Pineapple Sage don't do cookie-cutter. If you want florals that genuinely surprise people, start here.
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The Flower Cart
A beloved Palmerston North institution. Classic, beautiful arrangements with a reliable, friendly team. Great for couples who want timeless, well-executed florals without the drama.
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Lu Diamond Flowers
Gorgeous, lush florals for weddings across the lower North Island. Lu Diamond creates arrangements with real personality — beautiful, considered and never generic.
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Horrobin and Hodge
Garden-style florals with a soft, romantic sensibility. Beautiful seasonal arrangements that work wonderfully in natural settings. Experienced with marquee and outdoor weddings.
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Botanical Lane
Wild, botanical-inspired florals with a strong NZ identity. Particularly beautiful for farm or rural weddings where the surroundings become part of the aesthetic.
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Wild & Ginger Florals
Relaxed, generous florals with a wild, abundant quality. Great for couples who want the marquee to feel like it's overflowing with beautiful things.
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Wedding Planners & Coordinators

Lucy's Pick
Elizabeth Jean Weddings
The lower North Island's most respected wedding planning studio. Elizabeth Jean and her team bring warmth, precision and genuine care to every wedding they touch. Highly recommended for couples who want full planning support from start to finish.
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Nat Sabah
An experienced and stylish coordinator who brings calm to chaotic days. Nat is particularly good at on-the-day coordination and making sure everything runs to plan without the couple ever feeling stressed.
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Celebrants

Let's Say I Do
Cheerful, personal ceremonies tailored entirely to the couple. Great at making people laugh and cry in equal measure — which is honestly the perfect ceremony.
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Married by Abbey
Heartfelt, personalised ceremonies with a strong storytelling approach. Abbey takes time to really understand the couple and it shows in every ceremony she delivers.
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Hair & Make-up

Lucy's Pick
Emma Doolan
Elegant, precise bridal hair and make-up with a calm and professional approach. Emma's work is consistently beautiful and she's wonderful with larger bridal parties — organised, efficient and relaxed.
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Zoe, The Makeup Artist
Natural, glowing bridal beauty that photographs stunningly in outdoor light. Zoe's relaxed approach makes the morning feel fun rather than stressful — a lovely person to have in the room.
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Makeup by Anna Lee
Polished, long-wearing bridal make-up with a strong focus on skin. Anna has a talent for making brides feel confident and genuinely beautiful on the day.
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Josie Brenstrum MUA
Fresh, contemporary bridal beauty with a strong portfolio across Palmerston North and Hawke's Bay. Josie has a beautiful light touch and her work photographs exceptionally well.
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Photographers

Lucy's Pick
Sarah Allen Photo
Warm, documentary-style photography with a beautiful sense of light and moment. Sarah has a gift for making couples feel completely at ease — which results in the most natural, genuine images. One of our very favourites in this region.
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Emily Hugo Photography
Soft, romantic photography with a luminous, film-inspired aesthetic. Emily is brilliant at capturing the quiet moments between the big ones — the ones you didn't know to look for.
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David Le Photographer
Striking, technically excellent photography with a bold compositional style. David's images have a cinematic quality that makes every moment feel significant.
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Olivia Melhop
Warm, emotive photography with a natural documentary style. Olivia has a wonderful ability to make couples feel at ease — her images are full of real moments and genuine connection.
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Amour Weddings
French-inspired romance in every frame. A distinct aesthetic that suits couples going for something timeless and a little cinematic. Widely travelled across NZ including the lower North Island.
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This directory is exclusive to Lucy's Events clients. Updated regularly — last reviewed March 2026.