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Kōrero: Marriage and partnering

Marrying at home

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Marrying at home

This drawing-room wedding, which took place in 1910, was unusual for the time, when most people married in a church. However, many devout Christians were dubious about church weddings, seeing them as opportunities for pomp and ceremony rather than humility and belief.

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Canterbury Museum

Reference: 19XX.2.5078

by R. Y. Young

Permission of Canterbury Museum, Rolleston Avenue, Christchurch, New Zealand must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Megan Cook, Marriage and partnering – The big day, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/30804/marrying-at-home (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Megan Cook, i tāngia i te 21 April 2011, updated 1 May 2017.