Weddings
What do I charge?
1. Personalised Ceremony: $400-$900
A Celebrant’s fee will vary depending on things like: Rehearsal or no Rehearsal. Short distance travel or longer distance. Multiple consultations and admin time. Writing your bespoke ceremony and so on. I can reassure you, you will always get the ceremony you want and agreed on - it will be fun, impactful and memorable to you and the guests that witnessed your big day. I can also make it a Simple Ceremony, Luxurious and Vibrant or tailored to your cultures and/or faith.
I officiate your wedding at the venue of your choice anywhere in the greater Auckland area (including Waiheke Island, Matakana, Waiuku, Kawakawa Bay) or anywhere in New Zealand. Check out all my options and expert advice offered (Also enquire about Wedding cars, Band for Reception etc). LEARN MORE Apply for your Marriage Licence here. Civil Union Marriage Licences here.
2. Registry Ceremony: $90
As an appointed VCANZ Registry Celebrant, I am authorised to do these very strict ceremonies that were once performed in our NZ District Courts. It can now be performed at your home, a park or somewhere local to all of us. Registry ceremonies are limited to 10 guests. You need to arrange a celebrant and a venue. No professional photographer, decorations, wedding music, cake cutting etc, is not allowed at this fee. You can no longer get married at Births Deaths Marriages offices at Internal Affairs. It’s important to note that Registry Ceremonies are a simple, civil legal ceremony which works to a set script and standard vows. As an authorised Registry celebrant I am able to do these anywhere local to my home address of Te Atatu South - however, I can travel anywhere in Auckland (greater Auckland or around NZ) but is considered a Personalised Ceremony.
$90 Registry Ceremonies by law must be done between 9am-5pm (last booking for the day is 4.30pm), Monday to Friday depending on location, excluding public holidays and the Christmas/New Year holiday period. No initial celebrant meetings allowed, no consultation, no music or walk-in song, bring 2x witnesses, templated ceremony supplied by BDM. Do you need a Wedding Venue for your Registry Ceremony? Feel free to contact me and book my Small Private Venue at my home for an extra $50. Registry marriages should not occur from 23 December 2023 to 7 January 2024. Those are the same dates that BDM's offices are closed to the public.
After Hours, Weekends and Public Holidays are categorised as a Personalised Ceremony; more than 10 people is a personalised ceremony, adding personal vows, professional photographers, wedding decorations, hiring a limousine is a personalised wedding etc. Please consider being on time, as I may have another wedding after yours. Please read through all my terms here. You can apply for your Marriage Licence here. Civil Union Marriage Licences here.
Suggestions for a Registry ceremony: In your own home, a family member’s home, At a local park, reserve, Falls Park Rotunda (22 Alderman Drive, Henderson), Tui Glen Reserve (2 Claude Brooks Drive, Henderson)
Registry Wedding Venue
If you do not have an ideal place to hold your Registry Wedding, enquire about booking mine here in Te Atatu South.
3. Indoor Short n Sweet Ceremony: $650
Having a short simple ceremony does not have to be expensive. These can also be held at my small private venue in Te Atatu South. Can seat 14 guests, close to vineyards, restaurants or short drive back to the Auckland CBD. Packaged Fee includes Celebrant Services and Venue Hire for Wedding Ceremony Only. See More Info.
OTHER SERVICES
Master of Ceremony (MC) Service
Happy to package your Wedding Celebrant and MC Services, so you can thoroughly enjoy, know and trust who you have already connected with at the Wedding Ceremony, to continue your Wedding Reception celebration! Or any other event you have.
Wedding Cars
We have a network of colleagues who would be honoured to drive you in style to one of the biggest days of your lives. Allow us to also look after your guests so they too, can enjoy the special occasion with you. Not having to worry about driving there and back after the evening comes to a close.
Our big day! Tania & Reuben Maindonald.
Wearing our honourable maori korowai (feathered cloaks) which tell a story. The taniko (band that starts at the top of the feathers) represent my polynesian/brown tongan mat colours. Reuben’s is more of hawaiian/masculine royal meaning. Feathers on mine are intertwined in his and vice versa, binding us as one.
Photography: Lisa Monk
Harakeke Flowers.
Huge thank you to Mikayla of Harakeke Flowers who did such an amazing job. Not only my posy, but the bridesmaids, boys buttonholes, cake topper, hapene wrap around the cake, hair accessories, head table centrepiece.
My thinking was to gift all the flowers to my bridal party after the ceremony and reception so they had this to keep for many years and the colour lasts a while when dyed correctly.
You can see these gorgeous flowers hanging in my private Wedding Venue here in Te Atatu South, Auckland.
Reception Dancing.
An honour dancing for our family. The Tau’olunga traditional tongan dance is only done by females.
This fine mat costume I was wearing, has been kept through the generations and is over 80 years old. You can see family coming up and placing money on me as I dance.
Grateful to my mother who taught me this dance - song: Fangailupe Malu Efiafi.
Just a few of my weddings
Toni and Jason, January 2024
Latreia and Sepi, January 2024
Christopher and Natacha, March 2023
Fabian and Tina, January 2023
Ngareta and Thomas, Gisborne October 2022
Armajot and Jagdeep, Otahuhu. June 2022.
Harmanjot and Sandeep, my wedding venue - Te Atatu South, July 2021.
Dan & Jilly from USA, married in Whangarei. June 2022.
Jhulian and Andreea, March 2021.
Kirstyn and Stephen, February 2020.
Gabriel and Yemi, December 2019.
Ange and Jesse, March 2019.
Neil and Kara, February 2021.
Jacques and Lynece, September 2020.
Jabez and Shadrika, December 2020.
Kaylin and Calvin - YourNZCelebrant Venue
Steve and Danielle, January 2019.
My husband and I are from the United States and we decided to have a very small, intimate wedding in New Zealand. This meant most of our wedding planning was done via research on the internet and a hope that things would just work out by the time we got to New Zealand and walked down the aisle.
We found Tania as part of our online research and could not have been more happy with the service she provided! She was incredibly kind, warm, and helpful and went out of her way to make sure the wedding was exactly what we were imagining.
I truly believe that our wedding would not have been as amazing as it was without her guidance. Some of the big things she helped us with include: making sure that everything went well with the marriage license registration, speaking with officials to ensure we could get married on the beach of our dreams, and providing a lovey ceremony draft that incorporated part of the NZ culture but she also was very welcoming and encouraging to our ideas to make the ceremony fun, memorable, and personalized to us.
Alisha and Rewi, April 2018.
Tania is amazing!! I would highly recommend Tania to anyone looking for a beautiful amazing lovely celebrant.
Throughout the whole process Tania was wonderful to deal with, always emailing me and staying in touch answering all my questions and helping out explaining the legal process etc. So easy to deal with from the get go! All our friends and family even loved her as well, thought she was so lovely. Once again thank you so so much for marrying us we couldn’t have chosen anyone better.
Richard and Kelly, October 2019.
Joseph and Annabel, February 2019.
Tania is a wonderful celebrant and amazing at her job. She is incredibly kind, approachable, genuine and professional. We were extremely lucky to have Tania there to conduct our wedding ceremony and completely recommend her to anyone. We felt so stress free knowing Tania was taking care of our ceremony 🙂 Thank you Tania!
Emma and Shahab, February 2018.
Cannot recommend highly enough!
She was an amazing celebrant. She made it such a calm & smooth journey. She made it so personal too. I wish there was more stars to rate her as she deserved a million!!!
M.C. - Dee and Meng’s Wedding Reception.
I know we were in good hands having Tania and not just any other celebrant who could’ve just turned up on the day. Her wealth of experience was shining through when she gave us suggestions that we haven’t even thought of. She always make it clear that it is our day and not anybody else’s hence we felt the sincerity of the entire ceremony. She made sure that our ceremony is personalised. As an MC, I love how she is completely calm giving instructions.
Without Tania, I think everyone will just be all over the place! She is so clear hence our guest know what to do or where to go next. She has her way of making people listen and she holds a great balance of being funny without being over the top. The ceremony was short and sweet, no extra fuss (which our guests appreciated a lot) but definitely special.. and I love that everything was just moving on as per scheduled in our timeline. Thanks Tania for keeping things right on time and keeping things organised.
Donna Marie and Aaron, November 2017.
Peter and Hong, November 2018.
Tania was amazing in looking after us for our wedding very polished and Tania made our special day extra special with our family and added her warmth for our NZ/ Vietnamese traditions mixed together. Tania become part of our family on our first meeting with her and being her natural charming self made our day. FIVE STAR is not enough for Tania – Many thanks again. Cam on Tania, gia dinh tôi o VietNam,nhung toi da cam thay ho ben canh toi trong ngay dac biet nay boi vi co ban.
Kristien and Lupe, December 2018.
Paul and Awhina, November 2018.
Erica and Oscar, May 2018.
My private wedding venue.
Candace and Billy, October 2017.
Markovina Vineyard.
Adrienne and Tony, March 2018.
Chao and Kefu, November 2017.
Castaways Resort.
Quiana and Stanley, August 2018.
Lisa and Nick, February 2018.
Krystina and Marty, January 2018.
Tania was our celebrant and MC for our wedding in Jan and from the very beginning she was great! She travelled out to meet us close to home to chat through things and meet face to face and from then we knew she would be a perfect fit for us and would help to make our day special.
I had no idea how to go about the legal process behind the wedding and from the first email, Tania made it nice and easy. Easier than I ever thought it could be! Her relaxed yet highly professional approach was perfect for us and on the day, everyone loved her and everything ran smoothly. Tania, thank you so much for all of your help! What a great day!
Hana and Chheang, June 2017.
Louisa and Faisal, January 2024
Daniel and Alana, April 2023
Ryan and Laura, January 2023
Fred and Peka, September 2022
Corey and Atahlia, July 2022
Rudolph and Kika - my wedding venue. June 2022.
Mustafa & Joanne, The Stables - Matakana, January 2022.
Anushika and Krishneel, April 2022.
John and Nicole, January 2021.
Logan and Nicole, November 2019.
Tania is incredibly helpful and very professional. She ensured the ceremony flowed without any hiccups.
Aiden and Angela, April 2019.
Tania is the best Celebrant/ MC we could have hoped for. Her professional services really made our day run smoothly.
We are grateful for all her efforts and no doubt will use her services again for other events. We highly recommend her services!
Jordan and Andrea, February 2019.
We had Tania as our celebrant on our wedding day it was an amazing day, she made us feel so comfortable and at ease on what would normally be a stressful occasion. our wedding car broke down and ended up being late but she made sure everyone was communicated with and put their minds to ease. We would highly recommend her services to anyone thinking of getting married . Thank you again Tania xxx
Tessa and Ale, January 2020.
Pete and Veruschka, February 2020.
Chris and Selena, February 2020.
Sahel and Purple, November 2019.
We live in Australia and were in the process of organising our wedding in Auckland when we came across Tania’s profile. From the get go we found her to be most warm and lovely, highly professional and open to our needs especially considering our families’ different cultural backgrounds.
Tania’s expertise meant that we could get everything organised from Australia without any hassle, giving us help with everything from equipment hire to writing our vows. She was wonderful at the rehearsal when we met for the first time and somehow managed to be even better on our big day, taking care of every little thing and gently guiding us through the nerves and emotions so that we could be in the moment. My wife and I cannot imagine our wedding ceremony being as magical and successful without Tania and will happily recommend her to any couple looking for a wedding celebrant
Roy and Yaxis, November 2019.
Regan and Keiko, March 2018.
Henry and Tamaha, September 2019.
Where do I start on this beautiful lady. Tania was the most amazing celebrant for Henry and I. We couldn’t have picked a better person to have pronounced us husband and wife! She really made sure that we were okay with everything including wedding planning and even referred our wedding photographer to us.
She was more than happy to help when we needed it and offered us great advice when we got stuck on a few things. Upon our first meeting with her we automatically felt like Tania was family as she was approachable and friendly. Such a bonus that she’s part Tongan and said some of our ceremony in Tongan which we absolutely loved!! Definitely highly recommend! Thankyou Tania for all you have done for us.
Rangi and Wainui, February 2019.
Petra and Vanja, January 2018.
Me and my partner as soooooo happy that we had Tania as our celebrant! We had small ceremony on the beach and from the very first meeting with Tania, she was so professional but sooooo friendly and supportive! She made our ceremony so intimate, happy, stress free and romantic!
The words she wrote for us were truly amazing, she described us so well and made whole ceremony next lever intimate and romantic! Thank you so much Tania for all your help, follow ups, support and friendly advices – you made our day supper special!
Melanie and Sam, February 2019.
Throughout the entire wedding planning time she was very communicative, quick to respond to our questions via email, and made us feel even more excited about our plan. When we were finally able to meet her in person a few days before the wedding she was even more amazing, warm, and welcoming! She is very experienced with all types of weddings and helped us make decisions on minor parts of the ceremony that we had not even realized would be something to think about.
On the day of the wedding the ceremony ran very smoothly thanks to all of her planning and executing efforts. She also connected us with our amazing photographer, Lisa Monk. We had such a great experience with Lisa that I would trust Tania’s suggestions for other services, if you are planning on having a larger wedding. In addition, since she is also a tour guide and she was also able to provide us with a lot of information about New Zealand in general and gave us tips on what to do while we were in town. We highly recommend Tania as your future wedding celebrant!
Francis and Sione, August 2018.
Tania is an angel for me and my wife. We were about to get married the next day and our celebrant was really sick and admitted to hospital. We were stressing out about everything because both of our families were ready for the wedding where some travelling here for our wedding. Not only that but we couldn’t find any other celebrant and a venue which we were plan to do at the church but everything was not as we planned.
Lucky one of my friend knows Tania and contacted her – she was really nice and kind and do everything for us even let us do our wedding at her beautiful wedding venue. We could not thank her enough for being a lifesaver where she makes everything happen as we wish. I would highly recommend Tania to be your celebrant on your wedding as she is very good at her job and makes life easier.
My beautiful cousin (Lisa Bardon)… Lisa and Anaru, February 2018.
Lauren and Eric, (Vow Renewals) January 2018.
We had the best experience with Tania! From the first time we met her she made us feel comfortable and at ease.
She was approachable and easy to talk with and engage with regarding our ‘love’ story and how we wanted our day to go. Ours was a vow renewal ceremony so a little bit different from a normal wedding but she gave us a lot of ideas which we used, and the day went perfectly ! We highly recommend Tania as a celebrant, she is a warm and caring person 🙂 thank you Tania for making our vow renewal ceremony so memorable
Dominic and Molina, April 2018
Sela and William, February 2018.
Tania, we cannot thank you enough for your amazing experience. I knew from the first time I met you over the telephone you were the perfect celebrant to marry us!
Tania has a vibrant persona, very professional, super friendly and so helpful. We had the most intimate garden ceremony and Tania tailored our ceremony to our specific needs. Even to this day we have guests raving about her awesomeness! If you are looking for a celebrant who is fun, articulate, flexible and listens to your needs – She’s your Gal! Thank you for all your support Tania, we will forever be grateful.
Danielle and Danny, October 2017.
“We can not thank Tania enough for being our celebrant.
From the moment we met Tania we knew she was the celebrant for us. She helped us to create the most memorable ceremony our families and ourselves will never forget. So professional yet warm and personal we always felt at ease throughout the entire process.
We only wish you had stayed longer you must have been so busy 🙂 Aroha nui Tania.”
Mohsin and Marzieh, October 2017.
My private wedding venue.
Rob and Mariko, April 2018. 40th and surprise wedding.
Tania was absolutely wonderful!! I would highly recommend Tania to anyone looking for a beautiful amazing celebrant.
I can not praise this lady enough you will definitely not be disappointed with her work. Xxxx
Derek and Paulette, September 2017.
“I picked Tania because she was so quick to reply to all my emails and showed a real interest in our wedding planning. Plus she gave a lot of helpful information before even meeting her to decide weather to go ahead with her. Of course I had already decided to go ahead with her because of her quick & helpful advise and guidance. Yes we would recommend her. I can see she would be a suitable choice for any event too. If you ever need a verbal reference feel free to contact me.
Thank you Tania. We are glad you were the person to marry us.”
Neil and Wendy, January 2024
Mark and Jennifer, April 2023
Edward and Lenette, March 2023
Nick and Frances, WestLynn Gardens.
Kepueli and Marcia, Titirangi. March 2022.
Nakul and Anna, July 2022
Nurul and Siueli, September 2021.
James and Monika, September 2020
Alicia and Gilbert, September 2019.
Vincent and Niki, February 2021.
Ellyott and Renee, January 2021.
Andrew and Alice, February 2021.
Jason and Danica, January 2020.
Henare and Crystal, December 2019.
Lauretta and Oscar, August 2018.
Susitina and John, July 2018.
Richard and Katrina, September 2019.
Eloise and Flynn, November 2019.
Jared and Amy, June 2019.
Dee and Meng, March 2019.
Tania!! Meng and I were beyond words as to how grateful and happy we are for having you as our celebrant and MC. My family and friends were all high praises about you! There was never a dull moment at the reception dinner. When we first met Tania, I just thought there’s no way I would go for any other celebrant!
We just clicked. She has a very warm personality and very easy to talk to. She’s very strong about building relationships with her clients. We’ve talked a few times leading towards the big day. It really did make a difference on the day as we felt so comfortable and relaxed having Tania officiating our wedding. There were no awkward moments.
Isaac and Chanelle, February 2019.
We had Tania as our celebrant on our wedding day it was an amazing day, she made us feel so comfortable and at ease on what would normally be a stressful occasion.
Our wedding car broke down and ended up being late but she made sure everyone was communicated with and put their minds to ease. We would highly recommend her services to anyone thinking of getting married. Thank you again Tania xxx
Ana and Teanau, February 2019.
Chae and Axton, January 2019.
Genevieve and Tom, January 2019.
Tania was a perfect choice as our celebrant this summer. She was approachable and accommodating and so easy to communicate with.
Our ceremony was beautiful – although laid back, Tania managed to bring a wonderful gravitas combined with both romance and humour. Most of our post-wedding compliments concerned our wonderful ceremony and celebrant. We highly recommend!
Lynal and Allen, April 2018.
Pita and Losaline, October 2018.
Fraser and Amanda, October 2018.
Thank you so much Tania for being our celebrant. You helped ease both our nerves and made our ceremony amazing. Couldn’t of asked for a better celebrant. So so happy with our choice.
Conrad and Courtney, March 2018.
Tania was our celebrant on 30.03.18. Highly recommend Tania for weddings!!! Fast reply, easier to deal with, very helpful with going through the process! Couldn’t be happier with our decision to go with Tania. Thanks so much!!!
Albert and Marianna, December 2017.
My private wedding venue.
Marianne and Junior, June 2018
Peter, Pinna – Reg and Pepe, February 2018.
Tung and Mykhail, April 2017.
“Thank you for being a part of our celebration. When we first met you, we knew immediately we’d choose you as our celebrant because of your enthusiasm and charisma. You were very helpful at guiding us how to prepare for our ceremony and make it a special one to remember. Thank you very much once again!”
Jackie and Aji, March 2017.
Jacqueline and Darren, April 2017.
Heather and Josh, February 2017.
Shakti and Rajeev, February 2017.
Thank you so much for yesterday. It’s still surreal that we’re married!!! You did an amazing job at making us comfortable and relaxed as well as making a registry style wedding still feel personal. The both of us loved your energy. We really appreciated the effort you put into making the space special for us.
Carol and Jai, November 2016.
Wendy and Doug, May 2016.
We have nothing but high praise for Tania’s professionalism and warmth; from our initial discussions through to our ceremony. We feel very lucky to have found someone who understood exactly what we were after and delivered a flawless ceremony. Everyone at the ceremony commented on how good Tania was.
We would recommend Tania to anyone who wants a well organised, professional, warm celebrant who delivers a ceremony in line with your wishes. Thanks Tania!
Charlie and Nat, March 2016.
We cannot describe in one sentence the lovely work that Tania did on our wedding day. Although we did want a very casual affair she was still very professional in her work and made the whole service just flow from start to finish. I would not hesitate in recommending her for anybody’s wedding as she is a great person and very professional, so do not hesitate. Thanks Tans – love you heaps.
Roxie and John Aloi, January 2016.
Right from approaching Tania to be our celebrant, my husband and I knew there was something special about her, her passion and her enthusiasm to make our day very unique and special. Our initial exchange of emails and texts were very informative and reassuring, and her mannerisms displayed throughout the lead up to and throughout our wedding day, was nothing less than professional. Tania displayed care, poesy and sensitivity towards our family and friends that words like ‘thank you’ don’t actually express how happy we are with the whole experience. Tania you are a true gem… which makes us one of the luckiest couples in the world. Malo ‘aupito xXx.”
Geralyn and Umed, May 2016.
We would highly recommend Tania Jeffs to anyone who asked us who to use as a Wedding Celebrant in Auckland. Tania was very accommodating considering we contacted her only 2 weeks (or less) before our wedding! She was also very flexible considering we changed some of the programme last minute.
The ceremony was tailored to suit us as a couple and our guests commented on how it was a nice and very intimate. We are very happy to have had Tania marry us, she made us feel very comfortable throughout the ceremony and we didn’t feel like a customer or just one of the many people she has and will marry throughout the years.
Abrie and Anastia, November 2017
Shraneet and Pritika, October 2017.
My private wedding venue.
Mahsa and Mohammad, September 2017.
Tanya and Shabbir, September 2017.
“Thank you for making our special day such a memorable occasion.
Our wedding day was so relaxed and happy and a big part of this was due to your approach which had just the right balance of humour, confidence, light heartedness and sincerity. Many of our guests were highly complimentary of you.”
Tom and Jules, June 2017.
Jade and Kassandra, March 2017.
Tania also made us feel so relaxed and made sure to ring our venue and ensure everything was organised. We didn’t feel pressured into choosing her, once we meet her we knew she was the celebrant for us.
Tania is such a lovely person :). When we met she emailed me vow ideas and we did a rehearsal of our vows beforehand. Tania is well organised and always responds to your email and calls so your at ease and all you have to do is be excited for your big day instead of stressing. I highly recommend Tania as a celebrant.
Lisa and Elder, January 2017.
Ben and Kate, November 2016.
Mark and Rachel, January 2016.
We found Tania to be a fantastic Celebrant for our recent wedding. We wanted to create something unique for ourselves, rather than proceed along the traditional wedding trail. Tania was a tremendous help and source of encouragement and inspiration for us to achieve this goal. On the day everything went according to plan and Tania made the whole experience easy & reassuring for us. We wouldn’t hesitate to recommend Tania to anyone wanting a professional and creative wedding Celebrant – I am sure you would be as pleased as we were with our relationship.
Nene and Andy, December 2015.
Malcolm and Kate, December 2017.
Tame and Kahurangi, November 2017.
Kauri Bay, Boomrock
Vika and Tyron, November 2016.
Humboldt and Abigail, October 2017.
My private wedding venue.
“We’ve had a very pleasant experience with Tania. She’s very professional with a caring touch and made our day very special. At the time of looking for a celebrant we also still needed a small and intimate venue.
We were pleasantly surprised to learn that Tania has a venue at her house in Hillsborough. She arranged the catering for us as well. Our day was very special and went down smoothly. It’s really been a blessing that we got her as our Celebrant.”
Mafa and Lio, June 2017.
Chloe and Mikey, May 2017.
Rob and Jess, March 2017.
Desiree and Junior, February 2017.
Thank you so much for being our celebrant and master of ceremonies for the rest of the evening. You did a wonderful job on the day and leading up to the day, and I know without you there, it would have been a lot different.