Ratings, services and a phone number for every wedding venue in Christchurch.
7 areas across Christchurch, from Leithfield in the north to Akaroa on Banks Peninsula, and west to Oxford and Darfield. Photos show the place or the style of setting, not the venues themselves.
Each count is the number of venues whose own website says it. Small weddings means a stated minimum of 30 guests or fewer, or a maximum of 60 or fewer.
Enter your guests and venue budget. See your budget per guest and which Christchurch venues fit, from the prices venues publish themselves.
The Tannery in Woolston is a boutique shopping centre with a glass atrium, restaurants and live music, and it also runs a function venue with a dedicated weddings…
Winnie Bagoes Ferrymead is a pizza restaurant and bar at 2 Waterman Place in Ferrymead, Christchurch. It serves gourmet pizza with a full bar and a sunny courtyard,…
Waipara Springs is a second-generation, family-owned winery and restaurant at 409 Omihi Road in the Waipara Valley, hosted by Andrew and Katie. Weddings and milestone celebrations come as…
The George is a boutique hotel beside Hagley Park and the Avon River in central Christchurch. It offers executive rooms, an accessible executive room, junior and park suites,…
Better Half Kitchen & Bar is a restaurant, bar and function venue on Ashworths Beach Road in Leithfield, North Canterbury, about 30 minutes from Christchurch. The kitchen turns…
Bar Franco is a modern Italian restaurant and Negroni bar at The Crossing on Cashel Street in the Christchurch CBD. It runs over two levels, with a spritz…
We start from public business records for wedding venues within 60 km of central Christchurch.
Open venues with at least one review, updated in the last year. Duplicates merged, non-venues removed.
Ceremony, reception, BYO, accommodation and other features are marked only when the venue's own site says so.
If the website does not say, the venue page shows 'no information yet' instead of a guess.
Listings are free. Paid positions are always marked as paid, and they never change a venue's rating or the features shown.
Owners can claim a listing to correct details or add photos. A person checks every claim.
Around Christchurch you can marry on a vineyard, in a garden estate, in a barn, on the Port Hills or in a city hotel. These five steps help you cut a long list down to two or three.
Venues in North Canterbury, Selwyn and on Banks Peninsula can be a long drive from the city, so plan how guests get there and home. Those three areas also hold most of the venues with rooms on site.
Holding the ceremony and reception in one place saves moving guests between sites. If you split them, for example a ceremony in the Christchurch Botanic Gardens and a reception elsewhere, allow for travel and parking. The council limits Botanic Gardens ceremonies to 12 chairs and a small signing table.
Put the venue on your marriage licence application, and a back-up venue too, as govt.nz advises. The licence must be arranged at least 3 working days before the ceremony.
How to read the venue pages. A tick on a venue page means the venue's own website says it. "No information yet" means the site did not cover it, so ask. Read each rating with its review count: a 4.9 from 9 reviews tells you less than a 4.6 from 600.
Each venue sets its own prices, and a package, a per-guest price and a venue hire fee are not the same thing, so compare full quotes. 20 venues on this guide publish a starting price, shown on their cards with the GST status the venue states. The wedding venue budget calculator compares them with your guest number and budget.
Not always. Some venues cater everything themselves, 5 venues on this guide say you can bring your own caterer, and 6 say they allow BYO alcohol. Ask each venue for a written list of what its price includes.
That depends on each venue's own terms. Read the deposit and cancellation terms, and get them in writing, before you pay.
Once you have a date, a rough guest number and a budget. Plan the marriage licence too: govt.nz says to arrange it at least 3 working days before the ceremony, and it expires after 3 months.
Central Christchurch, Selwyn and North Canterbury have the most on this guide (15 each), followed by East Christchurch (9). West Christchurch, the Port Hills and Akaroa and Banks Peninsula each have their own page too.
Yes. 9 venues on this guide state on their own website a minimum of 30 guests or fewer, or a maximum of 60 or fewer. They include Bramble Grove, Darjon Vineyard, Okuti Garden, Oasis Cottage and The Starling Homestead. The Small weddings filter shows them all.
Some venues allow BYO and others supply every drink. A venue page shows BYO as yes only when the venue's own website says so. Confirm the terms and any corkage fee with the venue before you book.
16 venues on this guide say guests or the couple can stay on site, most of them in North Canterbury, Selwyn and Akaroa and Banks Peninsula. Use the accommodation filter to see them all.
Ask every venue for its wet-weather plan, such as an indoor room, a covered area or a marquee. Only 6 venues here describe a wet-weather option on their website, so this is worth asking early.
Yes. govt.nz says you can only hold the ceremony in the places you put on your marriage licence application, and advises adding a back-up venue.
If alcohol is sold, for example a cash bar at a venue without its own licence, a special licence is likely to be needed. Christchurch, Selwyn, Waimakariri and Hurunui councils all ask for applications at least 20 working days before the event, through the council where the event is held.
Yes, for the ceremony, with a booking through Christchurch City Council. The council limits ceremonies there and at Mona Vale to 12 chairs and a small signing table, and does not allow confetti, marquees or vehicles.
No. A basic listing is free. Venues can pay for a featured position, and every paid position is marked as paid.