Philippa Thomas - Celebrant + MC

Name: Philippa Thomas - Celebrant + MC
Address: Queenstown, 9302, NZ
Telephone: +64211444430

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Philippa Thomas - Celebrant + MC

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Weddings done your way �

I am the Marriage Celebrant to suit your wedding - whether you are after fun, professional, child-friendly, traditional or outside the square! Affordable, reliable with intermediate Te Reo skills (for that New Zealand touch)

Feel free to email me [email protected] or message me on here, completely obligation-free :)

22/09/2026

Sorry, I lied … here are some hard truths about weddings (jk, it’s not that deep!)

🥰 When a couple tell me all the things they want to do with their wedding and it just gets crazy and chaotic - sign me up! My adhd brain bloody loves it! Rarely is it “too wild” or “inappropriate” or “wrong”. Do you, boos!

🥰 Despite having been in over 300 helicopters and being super enthusiastic about getting to go in a heli, I’m low key scared of flying. Which comes as no surprise to the people who know me 😂

🥰 When I was planning my own wedding, we got told by a potential celebrant that there was no place for kids at a wedding. Maybe unpopular opinion but I reckon if you have kids around you and want them there, let them be involved! Thousands of weddings and I can’t think of a single one that was “ruined” by a kid.

🥰 My fav kind of wedding? The one where the couple handpick what *they* want and what means the most to *them*, and then do that. It needn’t be Pinterest-worthy to be special to the most important people: you.

Thanks for coming to my Ted Talk.

The end, by Philippa 🫶🏽

08/09/2026

Running away from winter like Daisy and Zac because who else is ready for spring and summer?

SAME 🙋🏽‍♀️

📸 Mountain Weddings NZ

25/08/2026

Happy International Dog day to ALL THE DOGS 😍😍😍

❤️

10/08/2026

It’s no secret, I love kids. In fact, it was the basis for my application to become a celebrant.

And I also had three-in-three-years so clearly I enjoy kids (or I’m just insane 😂)

Getting to share in wedding days with kids? The dream.

And getting to follow your lives after the wedding (read: stalk on the ‘gram) and see new babies born and kids growing bigger? Obsessed.

So contrary to what I was told when I was looking for a celebrant for my own wedding, there IS a place for kids at weddings.

I’ll happily hold them 🥰

p.s. fur babies included

📸 Mountain Weddings NZ

02/08/2026

Let’s have a kōrero about readings in your wedding ceremony:

Do you need one?

No.

Does it have to be serious/traditional?

I fear you already know my answer to this one, but no.

Who should do it?

Whomever you choose (a good choice is someone who loves public speaking, or who you want involved in your ceremony)

Can a reading be a surprise?

Um, of course?! I’ve had a surprise for the couple, a surprise for the guests, a surprise when the two people doing readings inadvertently chose the same one (!) and I’ve also had it be a surprise for the person doing the reading (think, hidden reading under a seat)

Look, the thick and thin of it is, if there’s a reading you love (think: movies, books, song lyrics, poems, Instagram trending audio …), or someone you’d love to include, then absolutely add a reading to your ceremony.

If not, then don’t.

Simple.

To my couples, lemme know if you’re keen to read my catalogue of readings that I’ve compiled over the years, there are so doozies in there 🤗

Shout out to the gorgeous Lucy who did this wedding reading for Chelsea and George 🤍 and swipe ➡️ for the delicious hugs with the couple 🥹

📸 Wedding Photographer - Queenstown & Wanaka, NZ

28/07/2026

🌸Let’s hear it for the flower-people ~ because who said kids should have all the fun 🤗

🌸

22/07/2026

But what if I told you … you can get married here again?!

After severe river bank erosion back in April 2025, the decision was made to close the Ho**er Valley track (at the base of Aoraki Mt Cook) at the second swing bridge indefinitely while they did essential repairs.

Well hey, it’s not indefinite anymore because on July 28, 2026 at 3:00pm the full track will be opening once again, featuring a brand new 189m suspension bridge 🤗

I can’t wait to get to walk this amazing track once more ~ I’ve been to some really epic locations around Aotearoa but when I came here for the first time, it literally took my breath away. In fact, I cried a little (and not just because it’s a 3-4 hour return walk …).

So the question is ~ would you get married here?

Shoutout to the team of adventurers that make elopements like this happen:

Damian & Amparo (who came all the way from the US)
with HANNAH ASPEN for Elopement Photographers | The Foxes

Hair and Makeup Wānaka Makeup Artist | Emilie Plowman
Florals Wānaka Wedding Florist
Cake White Rabbit Cakes
Campervan Mad Campers NZ

16/07/2026

I’ve had the awesome pleasure throughout my celebrant career of getting to visit some of New Zealand’s most luxurious and remote lodges, and the one that I’ll always remember is this one: Morgan and Izaak, at The Lindis ~ nestled away in the hills of the Lindis Pass and entirely invisible to the outside world, the ideal backdrop for an intimate elopement between two people who’ve built their careers around space exploration 🤍

They found somewhere they loved and they built their wedding weekend around it, with their favourite people right there with them.

Sounds pretty ideal to me 🥰

Queenstown Wedding Photography & Videography
Liv King
The Lindis

02/07/2026

Some people dream of big weddings with all the trimmings, and some people just want to strap on a pack and start one of life’s big adventures by going on an adventure with your favourite adventure buddy 🤍

And so ~ which type are you?

📸 Mountain Weddings NZ

29/06/2026

Wedding vows. Only the biggest, most important moment of your life, right?! Right???

Nah. Honestly, probably not even top 10 🫣

And if you’re freaking out about them, just spare a thought for ol’ Travis Kelce ~ at least your spouse hasn’t won 14 Grammy Awards from 58 nominations amiright?!

Swipe to get some pro tips on how not to be scared af about your wedding vows ➡️

And remember: if you need a hand, just ask! It’s why I’m here 🥰

“Everything will be alright if you keep me next to you”

“Just be yourself, there is no one better”

“I should not be left to my own devices / They come with prices and vices / I end up in crisis”

“I once believed love would be burning red, but it’s golden.”

“If you’re lucky enough to be different, never change.”

“Learn to live alongside cringe”

“I think the perfection of love is that it’s not perfect.”

“Time turns flames to embers.”

“They said, ‘Babe, you gotta fake it ‘til you make it,’ and I did.”

“I want to wear his initial on a chain round my neck, chain round my neck / Not because he owns me, but ‘cause he really knows me.”

Address

Queenstown
9302

Telephone

+64211444430

Website

http://www.philippathomascelebrant.com/

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