Celebrant Services
Weddings
A wedding is a very special day in a couples life as you get to celebrate your love infront of family and friends. As your celebrant I am here to help you to create your dream day.
Elopements
An elopement is a small and intimate way to get married. Elopements are a beautiful way to celebrate your love. As your celebrant I am here to help you to create an elopement that is perfect for you.
Vow Renewals
A vow renewal is a beautiful way of celebrating a milestone in a couples marriage. As your celebrant I am here to help you to create a vow renewal ceremony that is perfect for you.
Naming Ceremonies
Naming ceremonies are a beautiful way to celebrate the arrival of a new baby or a new member into your family. As your celebrant I am here to help you create a ceremony that reflects just how much your loved one means to you.
Pet Ceremonies
Pet ceremonies are a lovely way to acknowledge the important role that animals play in our lives. As your celebrant I am here to help you create a ceremony that is perfect for you pet.
Why choose me?
I am a celebrant who is kind, compassionate and efficient.
A country girl at heart, I grew up in the Waipara Gorge at the back of Broomfield in North Canterbury, and now reside in Woodend.
I am of Māori descent and I whakapapa to Ngāi Tahu, my hapū are Ngai Tūāhuriri and Ngāti Waewae. I am also of Scottish and Australian origin.
I love to travel and have had the opportunity to officiate at some beautiful locations including Akaroa and Arthurs Pass.
Helping others is a passion of mine and when I am not officiating weddings, I provide counselling and professional supervision.
Family and friends are very important to me and in my spare time I enjoy catching up with them over a drink, some kai and a good game of rugby.
Animals have always been a big part of my life and I currently have a cat, a rottweiler and two pet turtles.
Music plays an important role in my life as I love to sing and play guitar.
If I sound like the celebrant for you scroll down to learn more or please get in touch I would love to hear from you!
When planning your wedding it is important to find a celebrant that is the right fit for you as a couple.
To help you determine if I am the right celebrant for you, here are some facts about me.
“We couldn’t recommend Bonnie enough and are so pleased to have had her officiate our wedding ceremony. Bonnie is genuine, warm, kind, and professional. We appreciated her high level of organisation and attention to detail coupled with her calm and easy-going demeanour both in the lead-up to our wedding, and on the day. From start to finish we felt we were in safe hands with Bonnie. She walked us through the whole process, was incredibly accommodating to our changes (which included a date and location change), and happy to arrange multiple meetings with us as well as a phone catch-up a few days before. She was so generous with both her time and resources, really went the extra mile to help us craft our perfect ceremony, and her added ideas and input, as well as her beautiful reading voice, really helped to make the day special”.
Rob & Eilish
Photo Credit: Kirsten J Photo
A kōrero from Celebrant Bonnie
“Kia Ora!
My name is Bonnie and I am the founder of Magnolia Supporting You where I provide Celebrant Services as well as Professional Supervision, Counselling and Business Mentoring.
I am based in Woodend, North Canterbury, but as your Celebrant I am happy to travel to whatever destination you choose!
With a wealth of knowledge and experience working with a diverse range of people, helping others is a big passion of mine. It is important to me that I am providing a service that really makes a difference in peoples lives.
As your Celebrant, I am here to support you to ensure that, your ceremony is a success, you have the time of your life and you walk away with a treasured memory. Every ceremony will be tailor made to match your style and personality. If you are looking to include Te Reo Māori into your ceremony I can help with this being of Māori whakapapa myself.
Getting to know you is important to me, therefore I will be there alongside you every step of the way. If I sound like the Celebrant for you. I would love to hear from you! Aroha Mai, Aroha Atu, Give Love, Receive Love“
“Bonnie was our celebrant at Carrianne and I’s wedding on 29/2/24 at the Heritage Rose Garden in the Christchurch Botanical Gardens. We had met up a couple of times prior to the wedding and Bonnie was really well prepared and kept up in the loop with what we needed to do. When we were picking a celebrant Bonnie stood out as the only person who was genuinely interested in making a personal connection from the get go and this made her stand out immediately and her kindness and understanding to our apprehension of the wedding process being a gay couple was very reassuring. Thanks so much Bonnie for being a great part of our special day”
Carrianne & Anna
Photo Credit: Markus Valravn Photography
“From the first meeting with Bonnie and deciding we wanted her to be our marriage celebrant, we were so pleased with the excellent service Bonnie provided us. Bonnie has a true passion for what she does and it reflected on how pleased we were with the wedding ceremony”.
Photo Credit:Photography by Martin Setunsky
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Kia Ora!
Feel free to contact me to discuss your ceremony, I would love to hear from you!
