Marriage, Naming & Funeral Celebrant - Dr Kim Jewel Elliott AC JP

Name: Marriage, Naming & Funeral Celebrant - Dr Kim Jewel Elliott AC JP
Address: Meadowbank, Auckland, 1072, NZ
Telephone: 027 227 5091
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Whatever your dream ceremony is, I would love to craft and deliver it for you! Kim (she/her) I'm experienced, thoughtful and authentic. Contact me!

As a warm, calm, creative and organised Celebrant, I enjoy crafting and delivering ceremonies that will become a beautiful part of your life story. I love to write and specialise in weddings, elopements, civil unions, funerals and memorials. Whoever you love, whoever you honour, whatever way you want to wed, I'd be delighted to celebrate your unique and vaulable relationship. Enjoying a happy cros

s-cultural marriage, when I'm not working you'll find me walking in nature, trying new city restaurants, wandering in an art gallery or volunteering at the SPCA. I can and have performed weddings on land, sea and air within NZ territory. If your preference is to marry in Australia, I can happily connect you with trustworthy Celebrants in Tasmania and NSW. Based on the serene waters of Orakei Basin, Central Auckland, I also offer elopements and registry-style weddings from home. Look forward to hearing from you, Kim

ps, While I'll happily travel anywhere in Aotearoa New Zealand for you, most often I'm in Auckland, Waiheke Island, Northland, Coromandel, Waikato and the Bay of Plenty. [email protected]
027 227 5091

03/06/2025

- Jingyuan and Houat had a pinky peachy theme to their May wedding. Groom Houat did most of the wedding planning and it was a truly beautiful event, full of heart and love. They even made extra pink and peach macarons for me! So kind! 💕

Venue Kumeu Valley Estate
Florist The Florist NZ
Cake Sweet Bites Cakes

20/05/2025

- 18th January was a hot and sunny summers day in Waimauku. Chantelle and Jonny thoughtfully provided sunglasses and parasols for the guests at their outdoor ceremony.

Gems from their love story:

Swiping right in 2017, Jonny turned up on a skateboard to their first date, his first impression nailed. Little did he know Chantelle had been travelling around Egypt on a skateboard for months prior. Good move Jonny.

They had a whirlwind getting to know each other during adventures around New Zealand, as they both jumped into the next chapter ahead. They committed themselves to each other early on, closing chapters in their lives, from leaving the army, to selling the race bicycle. They didn’t however change who they were. Jonny quite quickly persuaded Chantelle into a six-hour adventure race, showing her the ropes and teaching her mountain biking for her first time, just the weekend prior.

A year after first meeting they moved in together. Jonny welcomed Chantelle to Takapuna where they’ve created a home for the last six years. There they got to know each other more deeply, explore their interests and integrate their lives. These adventures ranged from Chantelle getting a motorbike and riding around New Zealand, to kayaking down Whanganui river for days.

Conversations then started to move from adventures to the grand plan. Knowing they were with the right person, they began to talk about children. Jonny noted there was no time constraint on a wedding, but there is when starting a family. Both shared a vision of having their future children at their wedding, so they all got to enjoy the big day and truly bring everyone together.

With a vision and plan, there was no mucking around and they were pregnant a few weeks later. Now the rush was on to do everything before the arrival of their first child. Jonny took Chantelle to see the World of Wearable Arts event in Wellington and while there they found their first child, puppy Biskit. After some quick phone calls to Air NZ they flew him back to Auckland and he’s been an Aucklander ever since.

Next they planned their adventure around the world, as soon as possible getting over to Australia to see Natalie and the family, then travelling around Japan, followed by Christmas in beautiful Ireland. Chantelle’s pregnancy worked out well as Jonny had a sober driver! A few more travel stops in Germany and Dubai followed, before landing back in New Zealand to prepare for the next chapter in their life. The focus was on preparing to welcome their daughter into the world, not that she seemed to want to come at 42 weeks.

Two years later as they prepared to welcome daughter number two, one thing remained on Jonny’s list, to get engaged. He took Chantelle back to their first date location at St Heliers, getting down on one knee, on the same bench at which they first met. Very pregnant Chantelle had other things on her mind at the time, which made for an ever more wonderful surprise proposal, and she answered with a heartfelt yes. The following day their wee girl arrived, completing their family and leaving Jonny permanently outnumbered.

Their wedding was the fulfilment of their dream as a couple, to have their two daughters with them on that day. Their wee princesses looked gorgeous, were a perfect age to enjoy the party and to carry the memories of the day with them into their future.

This Aboriginal Australian and Northern Irish couple were joined in the celebrations by family and friends from Northern Ireland, the USA, Australia and all around New Zealand. In keeping with the pink and white theme I wore a pink puff sleeved dress by twenty-seven names, Sweet Bites Cakes created a tall raspberry and coconut cake and pink and white petals were thrown on the family of four for their exit! 🌸🌸🌸🌸

13/05/2025

- Love is in the little things.

My husband has been visiting his family in London. Home tomorrow, he'll have been away 31 days. That entire time I have felt as close to him as ever, because we keep connected. Through video chats, messages, flowers arriving unexpectedly at the door and these little random notes he sends me, showing where he's hidden chocolates or cards for me around the house.

À wedding is a day, but a marriage is a lifetime. While you're planning your wedding, remember to keep being kind to each other. Use the decision making process of planning an event together, to hone your skills in communication and connection. Your relationship matters, that's what we're there to celebrate! 💞

06/05/2025

- Jessica and Alex chose to marry on Guy Fawkes Day at beautiful Hololio House, a magical venue in the Clevedon countryside Hololio Flowers, Weddings and Events This sweet couple live in Australia. We organised everything online before they arrived in Aotearoa and their wedding flowed beautifully on the day.

Gems from the day:

Alex and Jessica met at their workplace in Melbourne. Alex took an instant liking to Jessica - her free-spirited, vibrant, and energetic nature captured Alex's attention and heart right from the beginning. It was a magnetic, instant attraction. After months of Jessica getting to know Alex, Jessica resonated with Alex's inquisitive intellect, strong sense of self and his admirable willingness to keep evolving. This gave Jessica a strong sense that Alex is a partner who will challenge her to continue to grow, one who will passionately support her through their journeys together.

They are a couple that reaffirms how beautifully opposites attract. Two very different people from opposite sides of the planet, Alex from Kazakhstan and Jessica from Papura New Guinea/Aotearoa. They have two very different cultural backgrounds, upbringings, passions and interests and both found each other in a country not their own. Yet in an unfamiliar space, they recognised each other’s familiarity, and love grew between them.

After Alex met Jessica's family in New Zealand and having shared a wonderful Christmas in the Gold Coast with Alex's family, Jessica knew Alex was her person for life. Not one to wait, Jessica asked Alex to marry her while commuting to Melbourne City via Tram to Flinders Station. When writing their ceremony, she told me that wasn’t very romantic, but I think it was. Any effort made by one person inspired by love is romantic, any reaching out and vulnerability is beautiful, even on a tram trip to Flinders Station. Real love exists everywhere, not just in knights on white horses, bunches of red roses or on Valentine’s Day, real Love exists everywhere, even in a train station.

Alex said yes to Jessica’s proposal, and she started planning the wedding that day! However Alex, a smooth operator and very patient by nature, let Jess go off in wedding wonderland planning. Secretly he planned a midwinter day trip to the snowy mountains in eastern Victoria, where he proposed to Jess above the clouds in perfect sunshine at the peak of Mount Buller. They both proposed, they both accepted. Theirs is a marriage of equals, where each makes moments and journeys for the other.

As they married in the Spring, the green grounds of Hololio House were decorated with an abundance of pretty Spring flowers. They shared beautiful, moving, personal vows that had all the guests in tears. Petals were scattered as they walked back up the aisle and they shared a feast cooked by their loving family, long into the night. And of course being guy fawkes, the celebrations were lit with the colour and sparkle of fireworks!

I so enjoyed creating a heartfelt, family-oriented ceremony for this loving couple and working with them to organise everything smoothly while they were overseas. In addition I provided a choice of what I would wear to their ceremony, with them choosing my Meadow dress by twenty-seven names, deep green and covered in Spring blooms. This small free extra service and attention to detail recognises and respects the aesthetic of a couple's big day and I am delighted to support my couples in this way.

Congratulations Mr and Mrs Markov, it was an absolute delight to meet and marry you! May spring blossom and firework's sparkle be forever a part of your wonderful loving relationship!

29/04/2025

- I value professionalism, which means consistently demonstrating high standards in both your work and behaviour, exhibiting competence, reliability and respect. It involves a commitment to ethical conduct, continuous learning, and accountability.

Partly this is my nature to want to serve others and do a good job and partly I value professionalism as I've experienced unprofessional behaviour on many occasions, when those in power behaved poorly and I've felt the negative impact. That's not how I want to be in the world.

As a Celebrant our national professional organisation is Celebrants Aotearoa New Zealand (CANZ). CANZ provides advocacy and professional development, runs our annual conference and provides a complaints pathway for consumers. I am a longterm member, supporting the deepening of Celebrancy as a profession and the provision of great service to our beautiful families and couples.

When you choose me as Celebrant you can be assured I'll respect the invitation to share a meaningful part of your lives for those moments, never taking it for granted or making your day about me 💕

22/04/2025

- The recent Open Day at Kumeu Valley Estate was a great success. I so enjoyed meeting and talking with wonderful people about their weddings!

My Show Special finishes May 4th. 2025/26/27 couples, book me before then to receive all the benefits! 📖🎉❤️

15/04/2025

- An absolute pleasure to marry Amber and Thomas last month, in the forest at Kumeu Valley Estate. The equinox wedding ceremony for this nature loving couple included family mementoes, a rug behind the signing barrel for the barefoot bride, wedding rings nesting on moss in a glass box, confetti made of all the flowers they gave each other, nature embossed candles and napkins, a handmade handfasting cord and floral chandelier with dried citrus.

Their ceremony was completely about them as a couple, their people and their love. Whoever you love, whoever you honour, whatever way you want to wed, I'll happily walk beside you to cocreate a wedding that will feel right to you. What you want matters! 🌿❤️

08/04/2025

- Kumeu Valley Estate has an Open Day this Sunday 13th April, 10am-2pm.

Are you looking for your perfect venue? Or have you already booked your big day with KVE and are looking for inspiration?

Come along to the April 2025 open day. View a variety of current wedding styles along with meeting preferred wedding vendors (like me!) and let the team help you with your dream wedding.

Free tours of the venue happen throughout the day and the snacks flow. Register online for the Open Day so that preparations can accommodate numbers! https://www.kumeuvalley.co.nz/open-day-april-2025

01/04/2025

My husband and I took last week off in Melbourne for our wedding anniversary. We ate beautiful food, enjoyed beautiful art, strolled through colourful laneways, did a little shopping and spent time with old friends in our favourite Australian city.

I love love, I love the closeness, care, tenderness, intimacy, kindness, courage and growth of marriage and I love to celebrate the joy and happiness they bring.

Finding your person to share all the changes and unknowns of life with, to live deeply and thoughtfully with, is a treasure indeed, one I never take for granted. Happy Anniversary my love, there's no-one I'd rather do life with than you 💕

25/03/2025

- Katalin and Shaun married earlier this month, between two phoenix palms on the shore of a family friend's coastal property. It was an intimate, meaningful ceremony of laughter and tears, prayers and a bubble gun, flowers and family heirlooms.

One of the wonderful things about New Zealand marriage law is that you can marry any adult, anywhere, any day and anytime. Other countries have many restrictions on who, when and where you can marry, not us! If you have a favourite place on land, sea or air in NZ territory, I can marry you there, in a style that suits you and your families 😊

Congratulations Katalin and Shaun. Wishing you hearts full of memories and happiness, always 💕

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Meadowbank
Auckland
1072

Telephone

027 227 5091

Website

http://www.kimjewel.co.nz/

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About Kim

A happily married, accomplished, warm and mature woman. Whatever your dream ceremony is I can craft it for you, and offer a range of ways to do so.

•Registered marriage Celebrant

•Registered civil union Celebrant

•Funeral and Memorial Celebrant

Baby Naming Celebrant

•Justice of the Peace for New Zealand

•Member of the Celebrants Association of New Zealand

•Formal and informal Mentor to other Celebrants

•CANZ Accredited Celebrant. Although there are over 10,000 Celebrants in New Zealand, currently only 26 are accredited.

Love, Birth, Death - these events affect us as human beings. My professional experience in youth work and community counselling helps create a relaxed environment, so you have the freedom to enjoy your wedding and the journey to it. As well as a warm, thoughtful personality who offers a first-class service, I bring a unique package of desirable skills to my work. My background as an academic means I'll write and craft your ceremony swiftly, artfully and thoroughly, speaking confidently, articulately and on topic. I’ll help you create meaningful memories for you future, a ceremony you look back on with happiness and warmth.

An artist's daughter, I've had the good fortune to grow up around creativity and value innovation. My art is storytelling and I would be delighted to make your ceremony as unique and personal to you as you wish. Learning is a lifelong love for me, as is nature. My husband and I enjoy travelling and seek out new wild places for rest and rejuvenation, living as lightly on the earth as we can. We have a strong, happy marriage and a peaceful, nourishing life.

Living in Aotearoa, learning te reo Maori and kawa, deepens my connection to this beautiful land I cherish. I'm here to celebrate and honour your personal and family traditions as you feel appropriate. I'd also be happy to organise witnesses and marry you at our Greenlane villa, or anywhere, if you are eloping. Delighted to officiate at your registry-style wedding at my home or in nearby suburbs.

While based in central Auckland, I travel NZ wide to help two people in love celebrate the beginning of their marriage in their own lovely style. Delighted to collaborate on your vision, providing competent assistance with legal requirements, reliable, consistent and supportive of all, I am there for you from start to finish!

Namings: Welcoming your new baby, celebrating their name and place amongst your family and friends. A naming ceremony supports you as parents also, to mark this transition and share with your loved ones what you hold most important, as the guardian of this dear new life.

Weddings & Civil Unions: Most of my Celebrant work involves facilitating weddings and civil unions, and I delight in doing so. It is a joy and a privilege to stand with you and celebrate your commitment and happiness. I have performed ceremonies on cliff-tops, mountains, beaches, islands, boats, urban roof gardens, in historic homes, exclusive lodges, golf resorts, clubs, marae, private residences, parks, hospitals, rest homes, chapels, hotels, restaurants, vineyards, orchards, zoos, museums, art galleries and an Air NZ plane! Anywhere, any time you want to celebrate your love works for me.

Funerals & Memorials: With a background in youth work and the experience of losing my own son pre-birth, I am often asked to officiate at funerals for babies, children and young people, as well as people throughout their life stages. It is an honour to remember a life, of any length.

My approach: I enjoy working in relationships of mutual respect with my clients and want everyone involved to feel good about the process and the ceremony itself. I believe in what I do and am expert at it. Ethical and excellent practice underpins all my work, as does the value of relationship. In all aspects of ceremony development and delivery I will work with you, to ensure that together we create a beautiful moment in your journey as a couple. You can have confidence in me and my work.

Everything Celebrants do involves connecting. Whether by creating, organising, communicating, interacting or leading your ceremony. This work connects me to a wonderful variety of people, their emotions, occasions and real life experiences. This is what inspires me and ultimately gives back a sense of achievement, knowing that connections were made, visions shared and people encouraged along the way. Whether you want a short legals only ceremony, the full personalised experience or something in between, I can craft it for you.

Best value for local venues - Cornwall Park, One Tree Hill, Sorrento, Stardome, ASB Showgrounds, Alexandra Park, Tote on Ascot, Ellerslie Event Centre, Novotel, Ibis, Auckland Museum, Domain, Wintergardens, Eden Gardens, Mantells Mt Eden, Waipuna Hotel, Remuera Club, Orakei Bay, Five Knots, Tamaki Yacht Club, Okahu, Parnell Rose Gardens, Judges Bay, Cordis, Sofitel, Hilton, Chancery Chambers, Rydges, The Bluestone Room, Alberton, Pah Homestead and Kelliher Estate on Puketutu Island.

For everyone I will:

•Value our work and your trust in me

•Meet you any day/time you like - seven days/evenings a week

•Ensure your ceremony is delivered to your wishes - no unsolicited surprises!

•Present myself in a style that fits with the theme of your event

•Provide you with a custom Memory Folder and a keepsake copy of your ceremony.

Delighted to meet in person or via Skype for a free, no-obligation conversation about your upcoming celebration, any time you like. Thanks for reading, I do look forward to hearing from you!

Kim 23D Puriri Avenue, Greenlane, Auckland 1051

[email protected] 027 227 5091