
How we met
A Tinder match, a first date in January 2023, and several months of Emma giving very clear signals George somehow missed. In July 2023 he finally asked her to be his girlfriend.
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Dear ,Dear friends,
George & Emma
would love you to join them as they marry
Saturday · 13 February 2027 · 3pm
West Eyreton Hall · Canterbury
+ a barbecue the next day · Sunday 14 February, 12pm
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Dear , Together with their families
would love you to join them as they marry
3 o’clock in the afternoon · West Eyreton Hall, Canterbury
Please be seated by 2:45. Plenty of parking on site.
Under the archway, here on the grounds. It’s an unplugged ceremony, so phones away until after “I do”.
Photos happen around now, so go and enjoy a drink.
A buffet of the best Canterbury food. Please be seated by 5:30. Speeches will pop up through the evening, with our MC, Andrew Broadbent, keeping things on track.
Dancing to follow, with DJ Comotion. Then cake and cocktails.
The bus leaves between 11:30pm and midnight for Christchurch & Rolleston ($10 each, details emailed to everyone who books).
The celebrating doesn’t stop on Saturday. Come and join us for a relaxed post-wedding barbecue, and since it’s Valentine’s Day, bring your favourite person.
2 Earlys Road, West Eyreton 7475
Corner of Earlys & North Eyre Roads
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Think summer garden party, dressed up: suits or smart trousers and shirts, dresses or jumpsuits. Please avoid white and black (black is for the bridal party). The ceremony is on grass, so block heels or wedges will save you sinking.
There’s plenty of parking on site. It’s a rural venue, so we recommend carpooling, then catching the bus home. If you leave your car overnight, please collect it by 11am the next day. About 40 minutes from Christchurch.
Drive out, leave the car, and let someone else do the driving at the end of the night. We’ll run a bus from West Eyreton Hall back to Christchurch and Rolleston. We just ask everyone catching it to chip in $10. Seats are limited, so it’s first in, first served, and we’ll email the details to everyone who books.

A Tinder match, a first date in January 2023, and several months of Emma giving very clear signals George somehow missed. In July 2023 he finally asked her to be his girlfriend.

A week before Japan, George told Emma not to expect a proposal. He “just wasn’t ready.” On day two of the trip, down a laneway in Shimbashi, he got down on one knee. She said yes.

One Sunday morning, a Trade Me listing for sprocker spaniel puppies in Rolleston. By that afternoon, Hank was ours.










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Your invitation is addressed to everyone included, and the RSVP form offers that many places. If you’re unsure, just ask us.
We love your little ones, but we’ve kept the day to grown-ups.
Garden formal. Think a summer garden party, dressed up: suits or smart trousers and shirts, dresses or jumpsuits. Please avoid white and black (black is for the bridal party). The ceremony is on grass, so block heels or wedges will save you sinking.
Absolutely, you’ll look stunning. However, you’ll be escorted out by the bridesmaids.
Yes! A relaxed post-wedding barbecue from 12pm on Sunday 14 February at Emma’s parents’ place (Andrea & Stuart’s) in Rolleston. We’ll email the address to everyone who RSVPs. Bring a chair and your comfiest clothes. It’s also Valentine’s Day, so bring your favourite person too.
The buffet has plenty of gluten-free, dairy-free and vegetarian options. Tell us about anything else in the RSVP form and we’ll pass it to the caterers.
Yes, there’s plenty of parking on site. It’s a rural venue, so we recommend carpooling, then catching the bus home. Cars left overnight need to be collected by 11am the next day.
We’re running a bus from the venue back to Christchurch and Rolleston at the end of the night. It leaves between 11:30pm and midnight, and we just ask everyone catching it to chip in $10. Seats are limited, so it’s first in, first served. Tick it in your RSVP and we’ll email you the details.
Not during the ceremony, please. It’s unplugged, so we can see your faces rather than your phones, and our photographer Libby Elmers has it covered. After that, snap away! We’ll have a QR code on the day where you can share your photos and see everyone else’s.
Having you there is the best gift. If you’d like to give something, a contribution to our honeymoon fund would mean the world. We’ll share the details closer to the day.
Bridesmaids

From bonding over a distaste for the same people to disappearing at a party, and espresso martinis.

From the Metro Star to university, travelling together and a couple of stints living together. She’s travelled the furthest to be here.

From statistics to practically neighbours to flatmates. Quietly chaotic, but fiercely loyal.
Groomsmen

From a primary school telethon to high school and every chapter since. He’s seen every version of George, and stuck around anyway.

From years of post-high-school mischief to more sober-driver shifts than George can count. Always ready to roll up with his chilly bin for a beer (or 24).

From long, hazy evenings at the Hoon Hay flat to a solid day-two homie. He’s in Melbourne now, but the distance hasn’t changed a thing.
Our MC

Keeping the evening on track, the speeches moving, and everyone in the right place.
And of course

First born in the friend group, and she’ll make sure you know it. Very cutesy, very sassy.

Chief tail-wagger. George is convinced Hank will be there with the rings; the rest of us will decide on the day, depending on how he’s behaving. Present in spirit, possibly in person. Meet him →
Most of you are coming from Christchurch, and the bus home stops there and in Rolleston. If you’re travelling in and want to stay over, Christchurch (about 40 minutes away) has the most options.