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certificate in Celebranting Basics

$350.00
One time

✓ The Legals
✓ Applications and Renewals
✓ Interacting with Couples
✓ Basic Ceremony Creation
✓ Situations and FAQs

Are you a new celebrant? Or are you looking for apply to become a celebrant?

Then this is the course for you - learning everything you need to know, to kickstart your celebrant journey in Aotearoa!

FAQs

  • These online courses are entirely based around self-led learning, so they can be completed at your own pace. Do it over a month or slam it out in one night!

  • You’re in the right place! Just sign up and you’re on your way!

  • Nope! In fact, one of the modules covers how to apply to become a celebrant, and completing this course can help support your application with Births, Deaths and Marriages.

  • They sure do! Completion of our Certificate in Celebranting Basics course can help support your application to become an Independent Celebrant in Aotearoa.

  • When you complete our Certificate in Celebranting Basics course and successfully pass the quiz and writing exercise, you will get a shiny certificate, tiles for your website and social media and bragging rights because you’re a fully certified celebrant!

  • Because it was created for celebrants, by celebrants. And because we reckon it’s a great way to get all the tools you need to kickstart your celebrant career - it’s everything we wish we knew when we were starting out!

  • You don’t have to be a member! But if you are, you’ll get a discount on the course plus full free access to our articles and template downloads. Plus it’s a pretty rad club to be a part of!

Or if you’re just after a single module, sign up to either Basic Ceremony Creation or The Legals (or both!) here:

$75.00
One time

Everything you need to know, to create a basic personalised ceremony for your couples.


✓ The Legal Requirements
✓ How to ask the right questions
✓ What can be included in a ceremony
✓ Links to further resources
$50.00
One time

Find what you need to know to ensure that you're covering off all of your legal obligations as an Independent Celebrant in Aotearoa NZ. A great way to kickstart your Professional Developement and lead on to our Certificate in Celebranting Basics


✓ Who can and cannot get married
✓ What needs to be included in a ceremony
✓ Witness requirements
✓ Civil Unions
✓ A must for all celebrants, new and experienced!

self led learning not your vibe?

Join us for our next online training session covering off everything in our Certificate in Celebranting Basics, with the added benefit of interaction with the tutors and q&a sessions after each module. Everything else is just the same and once the online sesh is complete, you’ll do the quiz and writing exercise to receive your Certificate in Celebranting Basics (plus bragging rights because you’re awesome!)

When: 7 June 2026

How much: $350 for non-TCG members - if you’re a member, email us for a cheeky discount code

Sign up here today