Wedding Celebrants

There are different kinds of celebrants: marriage or wedding celebrants, civil union celebrants and religious celebrants (e.g. priests or ministers). If you do not have a particular connection with a local church, are agnostic or atheist, entering an inter-faith or inter-dominational marriage or are non-dominational, then you may want to use the services of a wedding celebrant (marriage celebrant).

Wedding celebrants may conduct weddings on any day of the year in any venue. They can also conduct religious ceremonies. No formal training is required to become a celebrant, but they must be approved by the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

About Wedding Celebrants

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