As a home-owner of 20 years’ standing, John (unsurprisingly) already has a toaster! Although Clare would love to list on here a bunch of ridiculous linen and china that she can leave in the packets forever to gloat over, we do actually HAVE most of what we need. Except, of course: time, or a chance for a rest… so: after the wedding, and after teaching for the year is over, on December 23rd we are planning a HONEYMOON CRUISE around beautiful Aotearoa!

If you would like to buy us a deluxe outing in the Bay of Islands, or a giant bottle of bug spray to help us fend off the midges in Milford Sound, or some donuts from the famous Napier donut robot - there will be a NZ box at the wedding reception. Please write us a card too, to tell us what you put in - and what you want it to be for - and if you don’t do cash but want to throw in something towards the trip - if you have the Paypal app on your phone, there’s a QR code below that should take you to our honeymoon fund!