Marry That Girl! All Black Nehe's Perfect Match!

Beautiful bride Hanna takes her groom’s breath away

As he’s watching his beautiful bride Hanna Tevita make her way up the aisle towards him, All Black Nehe MilnerSkudder is tearing up.

“I was so blown away, my stomach just dropped and I was gobsmacked,” he gushes afterwards. “She’s so beautiful.”

But as soon as Hanna reaches him, Nehe forgets the long-held traditional order of weddings and leans in for a tender kiss.

“I didn’t realise you weren’t supposed to,” he says with a cheeky smile. “I couldn’t help it, she just looked so beautiful.”

“And I’m like, not yet!” laughs Hanna. “That part comes later!”

“Ooops,” he shrugs. “I jumped the gun a bit!”

It’s been seven years since Hanna and Nehe first met at a bar in Palmerston North, and their love story, a tale of two opposites attracting, began.

“I don’t think either of us thought then that we’d be together for the rest of our lives!” laughs bubbly Hanna, who recently graduated law school and is now practising in Wellington. She also acts – she starred opposite Temuera Morrison as his daughter in the local flick Fresh Meat. “We were so young when we met – but then it was soon clear that this would be a forever thing. And here we are!”

And Nehe – the talented, humble former All Black and proud Hurricane, who looks set to play in France next year, looks like all of his Christmases have come at once as he bustles around on the morning of his wedding.

It’s a gorgeous day in Tauranga, the perfect middle spot for Nehe’s East Coast whanau and Hanna’s Wellington family to converge for the couple’s special day.