Dawn Maley

I am a registered Marriage Celebrant dedicated to helping you bring your vision to life—your ceremony, your way—so it becomes a treasured and lasting memory. I walk alongside you every step of the journey, ensuring you feel confident, supported, and at ease throughout the process.

I have always held a deep passion for ceremony and ritual. As an active member of the pagan community here in New Zealand for many years, I bring both experience and reverence to the sacred nature of life’s transitions. I understand how meaningful these moments are, and I honour them with care, intention, and authenticity.

Whether you are celebrating a handfasting, wedding, baby naming, croning, celebration of life, or another rite of passage, I create personalised, heart-centred ceremonies that reflect who you are and what matters most to you.

While I am open to all ideas—traditional, contemporary, and uniquely your own—my areas of specialty include Pagan, LGBTQ+, and spiritual ceremonies.

Ceremonies I offer include:
Marriage • Civil Unions • Name Giving • Renewal of Vows • Blessings • Elopements • Rites of Passage • Croning • Collarings • Divorce / Conscious Uncoupling

Although I am based in the Canterbury region, I am always honoured to travel and hold ceremony in other parts of the country.

It would be a true privilege to be chosen as your celebrant and to stand beside you as you mark one of life’s meaningful moments.