Is your wedding for you, or for Instagram?
VEIL editor Margie Riddiford talks wedding spending with The Curve’s Sophie Hallwright, exploring hidden costs, family contributions, and the memories worth investing in.
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The Long Game
Meeting as teenagers and falling in love against the odds, this couple carried an almost-20-year history into their blissful Hunter Valley celebration.

Home is Where the Heart is
A celebration of enduring love, Zoë and Dan’s intimate Auckland wedding was a reflection of family, authenticity and home.

Heart Set On Venice
Despite an early hurdle threatening their dream wedding, these childhood sweethearts pulled off a breathtaking Italian celebration.

This Must Be the Place
In the back garden of the bride’s family home, under sprawling Pohutukawa trees, this couple planned a ceremony that gave tradition a refined reimagining.