Wedding Anniversaries

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Ideas to help celebrate your milestones.

Anniversary Traditional Contemporary 1 paper clocks 2 cotton china 3 leather crystal/glass 4 flowers/silk appliances 5 wood silverware 6 sugar/iron iron 7 wool/copper wool/copper/brass 8 bronze bronze/pottery 9 pottery linen/lace 10 tin leather 11 steel jewellery 12 linen pearls 13 lace textiles/fur 14 ivory gold jewellery 15 crystal watches 20 china platinum 25 silver silver 30 pearl pearl 35 coral jade 40 ruby ruby/garnet 45 sapphire sapphire 50 gold gold 55 emerald emerald/turquoise 60 diamond diamond 75 diamond diamond/gold

Paper is the one people ask about most often – it can be a bit of a challenge of think of an exciting paper gift. Here are a few starters: books, a framed picture, a photo of you, stationery with a pen, books, a photo album (maybe with pictures of you both from when you first met until now), tickets to a special show or game, a love poem written by you.

Did you know … New Zealand's longest married couple

The longest lasting marriage between two New Zealanders was between Mr and Mrs D.S. Prince. The couple married in Wanganui on February 6, 1883, and celebrated their 76th anniversary in Palmerston North in 1959. At that time, Mr Prince was an inspiring 95 years old.

From The New Zealand Book of Records
Jonathan Eisen & Katherine Joyce Smith,
ATI Press, ISBN 0-9583334-2-4