Do you take this house?

My partner and I have decided to get married. Until recently this has been one of life’s rituals that had passed us by. However, the time suddenly seemed right and the question was asked appropriately – albeit casually – on the street outside Auckland Art Gallery. With this, a whole lot of things we’d never really contemplated came into play – most pressingly, where would this event take place? Hawke’s Bay, where we live a lot of the time, is overflowing with glamorous wedding venues, all requiring significant