Newlyweds Allan and Jessica Reid wanted something different for their big day so what could be better than a marriage in Rotorua's mud.
The Australian-based couple - she's American, he's Scottish - got married at WaiOra Spa at Hells Gate on Wednesday. The entire ceremony, from the vows right through to the signing of the licence, was conducted as they sat in a mud pool.
WaiOra wedding co-ordinator Emma Paton said the couple, who had been together four years, recently got engaged and were likely to have a big wedding celebration in America.
While planning their New Zealand holiday they came across Hells Gate on the internet and thought it would be fun and "ironic" to get married there, Miss Paton said. She said she suggested a ceremony in the mud and they replied "we'd love to".
So with two weeks' notice, Miss Paton and wedding celebrant Peter Duncan got to work planning one of their dirtier weddings.