A magical location: take your wedding guests on a romantic journey to the countryside at Ridge Road Gardens
In the lead up to your big day, one of the most essential aspects is deciding where to hold it. If you are looking for somewhere intimate, picturesque and thoroughly romantic, Ridge Road Gardens should be top of your list. Located at 451 Ridge Road, Motukarara, the series of beautiful cottage gardens and […]
Beautiful bridal baking: if you’re planning your wedding catering then talking to Halswell Bakery is a must
Halswell Bakery could be ‘The Wedding Bakery’, with its comprehensive approach to fresh, bespoke and competitively priced cakes and delicious delights for every step of your journey to the altar. “We make everything at the bakery, so every detail can be specific to you and your wedding theme,” owner Ruth Buckley says. Cakes […]
Your perfect match: Via Sollertia Jewellery
Whether it’s an engagement ring or wedding bands, creating a symbol of everlasting love is a special responsibility. Via Sollertia Jewellery also treats it as an incredible privilege. Designing and making beautiful handcrafted creations, as unique as the couple that buys them, Clare and the team approach each and every ring with impeccable […]
First in first served: we talk to Mat Weir founder of (now international) table booking service with a twist First Table
The media is not always kind to millennials in this country, but the vision and expertise of Mat Weir of First Table will see them eating their words, as well as some very delicious dinners around the world. This innovative and actually useful (because let’s face it, not all of them are) Kiwi […]
A precise relevelling project: How Precision Solutions got Jim and Linda back in their home with minimal fuss
When Linda Horan and Jim Mitchell moved to their new home in Woolston in 2004, they intended to stay there for life. It was shiny and new, and closer to work and family. Like so many however, they experienced significant disruption in the earthquakes and thus began a long process to find resolution. […]
Matrimonial magic awaits: we look to Clear Ridge in Hanmer Springs to help plan a destination wedding that is still close to home
A wedding day stands out as being an inimitable occasion; something the happy couple and their friends and family wish they could live over and over again. It makes sense therefore, to prolong the joy for as long as possible and introduce pre and post wedding events that make this momentous occasion even […]









