We are absolutely thrilled to announce that Settlers Country Manor has been named the winner of the Garden Wedding Venue category at the inaugural Couples' Choice Awards NZ™ 2025. This recognition means the world to our entire team, and we want to take a moment to share just how much it means to us.
An Award from Real Couples
What makes this particular honour so special is who decided it. The Couples' Choice Awards NZ™ is New Zealand's only fully independent, couple-voted wedding industry awards programme. There are no industry panels, no membership fees, no judging committees — just real couples, casting real votes, based on their real experiences.
Couple-Voted #1 Garden Wedding Venue NZ
With 3,526 New Zealand newlywed couples participating, the Couples' Choice Awards NZ™ represents one of the most comprehensive, transparent, and credible benchmarks in the local wedding industry. Winning in this environment, where every single vote comes from a couple who has actually lived through a wedding, is something we don't take for granted for even a moment.
This recognition belongs entirely to the couples who chose us and trusted us with their most important day. Every vote represents a real love story that unfolded on these grounds, and that is truly humbling.
What This Award Means for Couples Planning Their Wedding
When you're searching for wedding venues Auckland, you're doing so in a sea of beautiful options and polished photography. It can be hard to know what a venue truly feels like until you've actually been there, or spoken with someone who has. That's exactly why couple-voted awards matter. They cut through the marketing and reflect the honest, lived experience of newlyweds.
If you're a couple currently planning your wedding in Auckland or across New Zealand, this award is your assurance that Settlers Country Manor doesn't just look beautiful in photographs. It delivers, on the day, for real couples, in ways that leave lasting impressions. Our guests have told us about meals that were raved about for weeks, gardens that made their photographer gasp, and a team that made the day feel effortless.
About Settlers Country Manor
Set on seven acres of manicured gardens just 25 minutes from Auckland CBD, Settlers Country Manor has been welcoming couples for years. Our garden wedding venue features willow-lined waterways, arched bridges, century-old heritage buildings, and a grand banquet hall with crystal chandeliers. From intimate microweddings of 30 to grand receptions of 400, every celebration here is personal, seasonal, and entirely yours.
Whether you envision exchanging vows beneath a garden archway surrounded by blooms, a lakeside ceremony as golden light filters through ancient trees, or a candlelit reception in our heritage banquet hall — we have a space, and a team, ready to bring your vision to life.
Thank You Very Much
To every couple who has walked through our gates, chosen our gardens as the backdrop for their vows, danced in our hall, and told their friends and family about us — this award is yours. You are the reason we do what we do, and the reason we wake up each morning committed to doing it even better.
We can't wait to welcome the next generation of couples to Settlers Country Manor, and to keep earning the trust that this recognition represents.
With gratitude,
The Settlers Country Manor Team
Ready to Begin Your Story?
Come and see why 3,526 couples voted us New Zealand's Best Garden Wedding Venue. Schedule a private viewing of the estate today — no obligation, just beauty.
