About Anke

Anke Buhrfeindt has spent most of her adult life in various Asian countries and  became an independent (not attached to any church, organization or religion), appointed celebrant since semi-retiring on the Coromandel in 2007.

She left her home country, Germany, as a member of the Foreign Service, then found her true vocational calling after marrying and having 2 children, and became a certified childbirth educator and labour support professional.

As such she worked and grew with and through the ideologies of the natural childbirth movement and became a change agent for birth practices in Singapore, Japan and China.  She has recently become a New Zealand Childbirth Educator with Parents Centres NZ and is teaching antenatal classes again.

She has been educating, supporting, empowering and inspiring women and their partners through pregnancy, birth and beyond for 30 years.

Her heart and soul centre around family, women, children and life itself... its tribulations, trivia, challenges and all….

When tragedy changed her life in 2006, she found peace and renewed spirit on the Coromandel Peninsula and decided to make this beautiful place her home.

She considers herself non-religious, but spiritual in her approach to life. She now dedicates her talents in being with and inspiring people  through her compassion, heart, warmth, humour and spirit, to bring that special touch and meaning to the celebration of their Significant Moments ....