Radio wedding couple 20 YEARS & STILL IN LOVE!
New Zealand Woman's Weekly|January 29, 2024
After tying the knot in a leap of faith, their marriage has been a triumph
Kasia Jillings
Radio wedding couple 20 YEARS & STILL IN LOVE!

Twenty years ago, Kersha Veix arrived at her wedding as her dad whispered, “If you want to turn around, we can walk out now.”

Heading towards the altar marked the first time seeing her husband-to-be Steve, after being matched together through The Edge radio competition, Two Strangers and a Wedding.

A firm believer in fate, Kersha stayed the course and hasn’t looked back.

“I felt like Steve was my fate and that we’d put in 100 percent, be committed and do anything to make it work,” smiles Kersha, 46. “There have been plenty of arguments over 20 years, but we’re really good at communicating. Steve will talk about it straight afterwards and we always get it sorted before we go to bed. It’s a testament to how good he is.”

Remembering their 2003 wedding day, Steve says signing up for the radio promotion was an “out of character” move.

The competition saw his family and friends interview potential brides before choosing for him the woman he would marry, sight unseen. Everything was documented on air, including their wedding being broadcast live.

“I honestly didn’t know what to expect,” recalls Steve, 47. “At the time, it was pretty bold and scary, but we exchanged phone numbers sneakily before the wedding and spoke for hours, so I felt I knew her.”

Plenty of people thought it was a bad idea and wouldn’t work out, but the Methven couple insist it’s the best leap of faith they ever took.

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