he aroha te aroha

love is love

Philippa Thomas

~celebrant~

PUTTING A FRESH AND UNIQUE

SPIN ON WEDDINGS

Kia ora e hoa mã

welcome, my friends!

STORYTELLER. FRIEND MAKER. CAKE CUTTER. WINE POURER. LOVE LOVER. PAPER SIGNER. AWESOME PEOPLE MARRIER. SMILEY LAUGHER. EFFICIENT OFFICIANT. CELEBRANT

Elopement Wanaka New Zealand

Ko Taranaki te maunga

Ko Waiwakaiho te awa

Ko Te Atiawa te iwi

Ko Ngãti te Whiti te hapü

E noho ana ahau ki ngã maunga

Philippa Thomas

Wedding celebrant + MC

Okay, but who actually is Philippa Thomas, and why should I pick her to be our celebrant?
What even is a celebrant?

Well. Let me tell you.

I’m Philippa, “suitably weird and not too serious”. I became a celebrant (celebrant, officiant, marrying-person, the-person-who-pronounces-you-married) because I am crazy passionate about giving everyone an awesome wedding, setting you up for an amazing marriage.

Without judgement or discrimination.

I don’t care if there’s a 45 year age gap, or if one of you is a cat person and the other is Team Dog. I don’t care if you want to say your vows while you are waist deep in an alpine lake, or paragliding off Coronet Peak.

What I care about is EQUALITY, INCLUSION, ACCEPTANCE, SAFETY AND LOVE.

And what I also care about is making your wedding planning journey easy and fun. Life is complicated enough, let’s make your wedding the raddest it can be.

“THANKS FOR THE ADVICE, THE LAUGHS,

AND FOR LETTING US PASH! YOU’RE THE BEST!”

BUT WHAT EVEN IS A CELEBRANT?

AND WHAT DOES A CELEBRANT ACTUALLY DO?

WANT TO GET MARRIED BUT DON’T WANT THE STRESS OR PALAVA OF A BIG WEDDING? ELOPING DOESN’T HAVE TO BE A SCARY CHOICE. AND IS MORE ACCEPTABLE NOW THAN EVER.

INCLUSION. EQUALITY. LOVE.

HE AROHA TE AROHA X LOVE IS LOVE

You made us feel at ease when we were shitting bricks!

Thank you so much for your beautiful words!

- Cola & Eddie

Mountain elopement Wanaka Queenstown

“WHAT A BEAUTIFUL SOUL IN PHILIPPA, SHE IS TRULY IN THE PROFESSION SHE SHOULD BE”

“YOU ARE AMAZING! WE WERE BLOWN AWAY BY EVERYTHING ON THE DAY AND ARE OVER THE MOON THAT WE CHOSE YOU TO BE OUR CELEBRANT! WE COULD NOT HAVE BEEN HAPPIER!”