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Getting married in New Zealand = Te mārenatanga ki Aotearoa : a guide to creating wedding and birth celebrations / Gregory Hughson & Douglas Pratt.

By: Contributor(s): Publisher: Wellington, New Zealand : Philip Garside Publishing Ltd., 2020Edition: New Zealand Print editionDescription: 173 pages ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9781988572611
  • 1988572614
Other title:
  • Getting married in New Zealand
  • Mārenatanga ki Aotearoa
Subject(s):
Contents:
Part 1. Getting married -- Introduction -- Practical preliminaries -- The marriage ceremony : structure and plan -- The reception : recipe for a wedding meal -- Celebration and commitment : the honeymoon and beyond -- Part 2. Marriage records -- Planning your wedding : a practical guide -- Keeping account -- Part 3. Having children -- Welcoming children -- Celebrating birth : ceremony formats -- Part 4. Same-sex ceremonies -- A new development -- Marriage ceremony resources and options -- The blessing of same-sex marriage -- Part 5. Alternative language and religion options -- A Māori language ceremony -- A Buddhist (Tibetan) ceremony -- Muslim marriage -- Appendices. 1. Hymn, song and musical options -- 2. Website/Internet resources -- 3. References -- 4. Bibliography of same-sex resources.
Summary: "This book has everything you need to plan and create a wedding ceremony and celebration that is right for you. For each part of your wedding ceremony there are many text options to choose from. Combine them or use them as a starting point to write your own text. The book includes templates for: Christian and secular weddings, te reo Māori ceremonies, same-sex weddings, and others. The authors also provide practical guidance about wedding receptions, including things to avoid, and they offer some advice about building strong, healthy marriage relationships .. This book also includes guidance and options for celebrating the birth of children"--Page 4 of cover.

"This book is a new, fully revised and updated edition of Celebrating marriage : a New Zealand guide to wedding ceremonies and birth celebrations by Douglas Pratt"--Title page verso.

Part 1. Getting married -- Introduction -- Practical preliminaries -- The marriage ceremony : structure and plan -- The reception : recipe for a wedding meal -- Celebration and commitment : the honeymoon and beyond -- Part 2. Marriage records -- Planning your wedding : a practical guide -- Keeping account -- Part 3. Having children -- Welcoming children -- Celebrating birth : ceremony formats -- Part 4. Same-sex ceremonies -- A new development -- Marriage ceremony resources and options -- The blessing of same-sex marriage -- Part 5. Alternative language and religion options -- A Māori language ceremony -- A Buddhist (Tibetan) ceremony -- Muslim marriage -- Appendices. 1. Hymn, song and musical options -- 2. Website/Internet resources -- 3. References -- 4. Bibliography of same-sex resources.

"This book has everything you need to plan and create a wedding ceremony and celebration that is right for you. For each part of your wedding ceremony there are many text options to choose from. Combine them or use them as a starting point to write your own text. The book includes templates for: Christian and secular weddings, te reo Māori ceremonies, same-sex weddings, and others. The authors also provide practical guidance about wedding receptions, including things to avoid, and they offer some advice about building strong, healthy marriage relationships .. This book also includes guidance and options for celebrating the birth of children"--Page 4 of cover.

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