These are just some of the very talented and professional vendors we work with.

Florists

KATRIN LILLA-NEL FLORIST

With an experience of 25 years in all fields of floristry, Katrin Lilla-Nel Florist has been sharing and demonstrating her immense talent. As the in-house florist at Waipuna, we love connecting our clients with Katrin and bringing their floral ideas to life thanks to Katrin’s incredible skills and personable manner.

Caterers

Verve Real Food Catering

Verve Real Food Catering delivers delicious real, freshly cooked food, coupled with exemplary service. Whatever the occasion, Verve are well known for their flexibility in menu design; and will happily incorporate your favourite dishes, ideas, recipes, and even your ingredients to create a menu specifically for you and your guests.

Moveable Feasts

Moveable Feasts is one of Christchurch’s leading catering and event management companies. They are specialist location and event caterers, with 30 years’ expertise organising outstanding events, from the classic and contemporary in Christchurch city, to the themed and creative in the hilltops and riverbeds of the picturesque South Island.

Crisp & Vale

Crisp & Vale love to collaborate with their clients to create a stunning menu for you and your guests. Their ingredients are sourced as locally and fresh as possible with emphasis on creative flair and presentation.

The Bespoke Chef

The Bespoke Chef delivers delectable tailor-made menus specifically and meticulously designed to your tastes and requirements. With over a decade of experience in some of New Zealand’s top restaurants, the Bespoke Chef provides luxury restaurant quality wedding catering, canapes and bespoke feasts.

The Social Platter

The Social Platter‘s ethos is ~ ‘Food that brings people together’. It’s this ethos that will ensure your magical wedding day will create life long memories for you and your guests.

Beverages

Wine Divine

Wine Divine stock a wide range of alcohol from NZ and overseas, even from the big names in drinks such as Gibbston Valley, Luna Estate, Castelnau and more. Their online liquor store offers affordable prices that beat other online liquor shops and supermarkets.

Styling

The Event Boutique

Lisa Ferguson is the creator behind The Event Boutique. Lisa has a life-long love of celebrating and a belief special moments should be celebrated, and celebrated in absolute style! Dedicated to crafting refined weddings and special events that are infused with creativity and reflect each clients unique personal style, Lisa lives, dreams and breathes all the details of planning and designing each and every event as she works with clients to create beautiful, innovative and creative event

Little Hire Company

The Little Hire Company aims to be informative and take the stress away in planning what is typically one of the biggest days of your lives.

They have a vast knowledge of venues within Christchurch and the wider Canterbury region and can help you figure out a cohesive design for your day, what exactly you may require as well as other general wedding planning advice.

Something Borrowed Something New

Something Borrowed Something New have a huge range of the latest trends and provide a vast range of hire products.

They are always sourcing new, exciting and bespoke items for you to enjoy and they think outside the box to be able to create a perfectly styled finish to your big day. Their staff have a wealth of knowledge and love helping couples!

Photographers

Stacey Cavalier

Stacey Cavalier is an award winning, NZIPP Master of Photography, based in Christchurch. Stacey’s photography is about capturing love and connections, grand stories and small intimate moments.

SALLY ANNE PHOTOGRAPHY

Sally from Sally Anne Photography has been photographing love stories for four years and it is her dream. Sally believes shoots are meant to be fun, bold and wild. Dresses are meant to get dirty, hair is meant to be windblown and humans should be let loose to do their thing.

Darren Burnett Film & Photography

Darren Burnett Film & Photography has been shooting weddings for around 8 years now and has loved every moment of it! What started out as a hobby quickly turned into a passion and Darren feels truly lucky to be doing what he loves

Paul Wilson

Photography has become a huge part of Paul Wilson‘s life, wedding photography especially. He likes to tell your story with his images, capturing raw, candid and honest expression of emotion.

Koru Photography

Tamara from Koru Photography is a creative soul with a love for romance.

I have always been creatively minded and had a deep love for true connection between humans, the barefaced real type of connection.

I believe, at the end of the day, these true moments, even the smallest ones, are what mean the most.

Tracey Allsop

What Tracey Allsop loves about photographing weddings, engagements, and couples shoots is the ability to capture a special moment so that it becomes an everlasting memory allowing people to relive that time in their lives over and over again. She aims to capture your love stories in an authentic, natural, and beautiful way!

Celebrants

Debbie Hawker

Debbie Hawker is relaxed but not casual in her approach, serious when needed, and supportive throughout the often overwhelming ‘wedding-journey’ to ensure your ceremony is delivered as expected, with that magical touch

Jane Godfrey

Jane Godfrey is a caring and experienced professional, who will help you create a memorable special occasion. You want someone committed to you and your vision. You want someone who will craft a personal and unique ceremony, that reflects who you are and the love you share. You hope for a little bit of ‘magic’ too? Jane is the celebrant for you!

HITCHED BY BRITT

Britt’s obsession for weddings started slowly as she planned her own wedding and escalated as Britt’s close friends needed help planning their nuptials. Britt knew she needed to be a part of this industry and felt she had a lot to offer couples looking for a fun celebrant to officiate their wedding!

Kyra Portis

Kyra can’t get enough of being a marriage celebrant. It’s the perfect combination of things Kyra loves – meeting people, writing the perfect story and then having the honour of sharing it with all the important people in a couple’s life is the absolute cherry on top. After some friends got engaged a few years back and asked if Kyra could help, the deal was sealed, and her celebrant journey began.

Liv Webber

Liv Webber‘s style is relaxed and natural – Liv aims to create a ceremony that reflects who you are as a couple, and help you be as chilled and excited about your big day as possible!

Hannah Duder

Hannah Duder is a relaxed friendly and organised Canterbury based Celebrant. She is open to all and happy to travel.

Beth Dunn

Beth Dunn will work closely and in partnership with you, to design a Wedding or Civil Union Ceremony that reflects your true personalities, thoughts and feelings. As your Wedding or Civil Union Celebrant, you can be assured of the best possible caring, reliable and punctual approach.

Music

Pulse Entertainment

Music is a major component of an unforgettable wedding. Book with Pulse Entertainment and they will help you achieve a truly magical event.

Boogie Beats

With each and every event Brandan of Boogie Beats endeavour to make it special, and exceed his clients’ expectations. He adapts and reacts to situations quickly and professionally, providing a seamless service.

Moore Media & Entertainment

Moore Media & Entertainment aims to provide affordable video for small business and social media as well as entertainment packages to suit all budgets.

Transport

Bentley Transport

Bentley Transport and team of pros are available whenever you need us, 24/7. We don’t just meet your expectations, we surpass them.

independent Helicopters

Independent Helicopters Ltd is located in Christchurch and provide professional helicopter services and helicopter flights across the Canterbury and South Island area.

Pilot Mark “Tweezers” Read has over 25 years of experience, including search and rescue, lifting, fire fighting and boutique charters.

Mark is very passionate about providing a unique & personalised experience.

Garden City Helicopters

For the past 25 years Garden City Helicopters have successfully flown hundreds of brides, grooms and bridal parties all over Canterbury. They take pride in their safety standards and records and also in their friendly professionalism in making “the big day” as memorable and outstanding as possible.

Hire

Hyde Park Hire

When event planning falls on your shoulders, its nice to know there are still hire companies you can rely on for advice on how to make your big say run smoothly and efficiently by having the right equipment and the right price that arrives on time! With 20 years servicing Christchurch and the South Island of New Zealand, Hyde Park Hire can help you make your big day success.

Little Hire Company

The Little Hire Company aims to be informative and take the stress away in planning what is typically one of the biggest days of your lives.

Something Borrowed, Something New

Their motto is: You Get Dressed We Dress The Rest! Something Borrowed, Something New
created a one-stop shop for weddings, corporate and milestone events.

statement events

Statement Events (previously known as Christchurch Decor Solutions) is your one stop shop for all your event decoration needs. From hired backdrops to custom signage and florals, it’s never been easier to achieve the modern statement event of your dreams.

Phone

Mob : +64 027 308 5036

Email

contact@waipunaestate.nz

Address

131 Gerkins Road
Tai Tapu , Christchurch 7672
New Zealand