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Claire & Richie’s Surprise Island Wedding

An intimate i t ceremony on a sun-kissed Rarotongan beach with only their children present was the perfect way for Claire Robbie and Richie Hardcore to cement their love, starting a new chapter together as husband and wife.

Claire, 43 – a former TV3 and TVNZ reporter, and founder and director of a meditation centre – reveals the Auckland-based couple only made the decision to tie the knot two weeks before they left on a family getaway to the island paradise.

“We were both burnt out at the end of last year and talked about how much we needed a holiday,” recalls Claire. “I surprised Richie at Christmas with tickets to Rarotonga. A couple of weeks before we left, I said, ‘Shall

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