00:00It was really important for us to go back to the museum to have our wedding.
00:05Māori culture is something we're brought up with and it's how all our families were raised before us.
00:10Everything about the Māori culture I'm proud of.
00:13In the wedding, people just do what they feel is right. We'll go with the flame.
00:21My dad's from Whakatāni and his tribe is Tūhoe.
00:26My dad was born in Rotorua and his tribe is Aotearoa.
00:43In the wedding, the elements we'll take from Christianity as well as from a Kiwi-style wedding with some Māori
00:52aspects.
00:53This is a bone carving. It's called a manaya.
01:00The fish hook at the bottom represents safe travels.
01:04It's special to me particularly because it was my dad's and sort of represents a garden angel.
01:11I want to have it in the wedding so it'll probably be around my bouquet.
01:17I want to have it in the wedding.
01:18Mine's a pounamu, which is a green stone.
01:23Green stone holds a spirit so you can't just take it.
01:28Green stone is only from the west coast of the South Island of New Zealand.
01:31This is special to me because it came from my parents so it's quite unifying for us.
01:40We're just really looking forward to spending the day with our closest friends and family.
01:46We're just creating an atmosphere of love and whanauunga tainga.
01:57Jesse proposed to me in Lake Tekapo.
02:00I was looking out on the lake when I turned around and he was down on one knee.
02:04And now we're getting Murray in Lake Tekapo as well.
02:09We went up on a hill with Aoraki in the background.
02:13And Aoraki is New Zealand's highest mountain.
02:16It's one of New Zealand's great tupuna or ancestors.
02:20And it holds a huge amount of respect and significance to New Zealanders.
02:45Jesse and Olivia, I now pronounce you husband and wife.
02:50You may kiss the bride.
03:04We're going to go back to our old wall shed and have our reception there.
03:11We say a big old cheers to Mr and Mrs Goodhue.
03:19We've organised a menu with a local caterer, it's local produce all from New Zealand.
03:28Before we eat we'll be saying a karakia which is a prayer, very similar to grace and Christianity.
03:35I've grown up as a Christian and felt that it was really important to include that in
03:39the wedding but won't take away from the Māori culture, we'll make sure that both are included
03:44and represent us.
03:54In terms of Māori culture there may be a haka, it's a strong song with physical actions.
03:59People tira haka te honour the people getting married, it's a huge sign of respect.
04:27One part of Māori culture that will most definitely be in the wedding is koro hongi, it's pretty
04:33much a Māori way of a handshake.
04:35But it's got a lot more meaning to it.
04:37You put your noses together and you share a breath, you're sharing your life force.
04:42It's a way of cementing the unity between two people.
04:50Bringing all my tupuna, bringing everyone performing to where I am to get married next to live, that's what I'm
04:57proudest of.
04:58And that's not only just being Māori too, that's being a New Zealander.
05:10And that's not only just being Māori too, that's being a New Zealander.
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