Over the course of their nine-year relationship, actors Acushla-Tara Kupe and Paul Waggott have always relished the quiet moments with each other.
So on the morning of their wedding day – mere hours after election night and an All Blacks win, when most of the country needed a cup of tea and a lie-down – the chilled-out pair snuck off to their local café to do a crossword over brunch.
Acushla-Tara – who has starred in the TVNZ+ crime drama and even an episode of – recalls, “When we walked in, everyone was a bit surprised, like, ‘Aren’t you getting married today?’ But we just said, ‘Yeah, a bit later!’” Chatting to the day after saying “I do”, the newlyweds are joyfully still in the afterglow of their sentimental, fun and simply “perfect” ceremony. “Is there