Broadlands Lodge

Have you ever dreamt of flying into your wedding in a helicopter? Or spending the day with your most adored family and friends secluded in a beautiful country green garden valley? Well, look no further than the Broadlands Lodge. This charming family-owned venue estate is located in Broadlands, New Zealand, only 20 minutes from Taupo. It's a destination that will produce a lifetime of memories.

This venue can comfortably host up to 150 of your most adored family and friends and is open year-round to accommodate your special day at any time. Making this venue even more perfect, there are no time restrictions to when you can make a reservation, so if you're planning your special day on the fly, the Broadland Lodge will do their best to accommodate your unique request. The beauty of this venue surely lies in its outdoor location. The ceremony is perfectly situated among serene farmland, doused with the crisp smell of leaves and infused with fresh air. The natural aromatics invite a sense of warm calm. Additionally, the rustic barn is a perfect bohemian add-on with its historic charm and open-concept layout. The Broadlands Lodge is calling on all you bohemian-style lovers. You'll fall in love with the scenery and will never want to leave.

Imagine enjoying your first dinner as a married couple under the beautiful rustic barn, joined by your guests, who are seated at beautiful rectangular banquette tables. Or, for something more intimate, you can opt for the more intimate round tables. For the fun part, the bride and groom have endless options to snap their wedding photos which can be in the open greenery area or along the decorated property. Whichever you decide, the backdrop will be a spectacle for any Auckland wedding photographer or videographer.

Making this venue even more of the perfect choice is that it offers guest accommodation at its stunning Victorian villa, which provides a view of the perfectly manicured gardens and the pool's crystal blue waters. The villa can accommodate up to 6 guests and offers them complimentary continental breakfast in the morning, which they can enjoy indoors or out. To entice you even further, the venue provides various options for your food and beverage needs to help you accommodate your distinct preferences, including an imported beer and wine list.

They offer exclusive use of the space, including the day before for setup and a portion of the following day for the takedown. The venue comes fully equipped with complete onsite catering services and wedding accessories such as table linen, table skirts, chair covers, an excellent PA system, a cake table with a knife, crockery, cutlery, water glass, carafes, and salt & pepper. The only thing you need to do is get the decorations set up to your liking and carry on with your wedding day.

This really is a hidden gem that offers a simple yet sophisticated appeal to your wedding day, and your guests will fall in love with the perfect setup location. If you're ready to say "I Do" in a picturesque bohemian-style wedding, look no further than the Broadlands Lodge.

The venue hire fee is $6,900 (including GST) and includes exclusive use of the venue and gardens for the duration of your wedding, up to eight hours and includes:

• 1 night accommodation for 4 guests (extra 2 guests by arrangement)

• Rustic barn

• Country gardens

• Toilet facilities

• Indoor and outdoor festive and task lighting

• Reception coordinator to ensure your day is perfect

• Round reception tables and chairs for 150 guests indoors (capacity 200, extra charge)

• Crockery, cutlery, water glasses and carafes, salt and pepper

• Cake table

• Professional, uniformed food and fully licensed bar staff

• Clean up and pack down

• Refuse disposal

• Helipad

Optional extras

• ​PA System and mic 

• Bluetooth speakers 

• Signing table and chairs 

• Table linen

• Outdoor ceremony seating for 60

• 7 Rustic wooden forms (seat 4 people each)

• 35 White French café chairs

• 4 rustic cream cans – great for flowers etc

• 30 Small glass jars for table flowers & seed lights

And if you’re not convinced yet, here’s a few happy brides and grooms that were over the moon with Broadlands Lodge and the awesome team there lead by Sandy & Adam!

Sandy, Adam, Wendy & the Broadlands Lodge Team, thank you very much for making our wedding day so very special, it exceeded all our expectations!
Our Family & Friends were blown away by the outstanding food, venue, stunning location & the glorious hot day you managed to turn on for us.
Family is important to us & being able to work with a family team was wonderful.

From start to finish you were all so accommodating, answered all our questions, provided advice on suppliers & didn’t mind us popping in occasionally. We really couldn’t have asked for more given we were planning the wedding from out of town. It certainly made for a stress-free day know you all had everything in hand.

We would recommend Broadlands Lodge as a venue & if we ever had another excuse for a function, would love to go back.

Thanks again for helping us create such a memorable day.

- Angela & Brian

Taupo is a special place to us so we were very excited when we found Broadlands Lodge to host our wedding.

Sandy and Adam are such lovely people and were so easy to work with planning the perfect day.

The grounds are stunning for an outdoor ceremony, canapés and photos, and the barn was large enough to accomodate all of our family and friends from dinner to dancing.

Everyone had such a great time and we are so thankful for a truly amazing day.

- Catherine & George

Broadlands Lodge completely exceeded our expectations and was home to the wedding of our dreams! All the venues we saw across the North Island before Sandy and Adam’s weren’t even comparable to the quality, style and beauty of theirs. Our guests were blown away as soon as they arrived and loved being able to spend the weekend in Taupo – a destination in itself. The gardens are so manicured they almost don’t look real, views and surroundings lush (and great for photos!) food restaurant-quality and the venue just breathtaking.

Most of all, throughout the entire process (planning from Melbourne especially) Sandy and Adam were friendly, fun to work with and totally solution-focussed. There was nothing Adam couldn’t make happen and Sandy brought it all to life with absolute class and an incredible flair for style. We feel like we made friends in the process and only wish we could do all over again.

Sandy and Adam, we simply can’t thank you enough.

- Fleur & Mike