Temple Weddings Heading Overseas During Temple Closure, Waikato Times Reports

"Isaiah Cowley grew up beside New Zealand's only Mormon temple and expected to get married there," Stuff.co.nz reported on 17 August 2018.

The article, by Libby Wilson, continued: "But renovations closed Hamilton's New Zealand Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints the very month he proposed to Amber Parker.

"The project, which will include earthquake strengthening and a general refresh of the 60-year-old temple, is expected to take three years."

Temple Weddings Heading Overseas During Temple Closure, Waikato Times Reports

Engaged couple, Isaiah Cowley and Amber Parker, talk to a journalist about their plans to marry in the Brisbane Australia Temple as the Hamilton New Zealand Temple is now closed for the next three years while renovations are completed. 15 August 2018.