The History of Hello Audrey

 
 

It all started when…

Hello Audrey was established by Justine & Bill Shera, who live in Taranaki. In 2015 Justine decided she wanted a cute caravan to sell her cupcakes from. During some research, Justine fell in love with a photo of a Caravan Bar in the US on Pinterest and thought this would be amazing in Taranaki. 

After some quick googling revealed that there was only one other Caravan Bar in New Zealand at the time, the idea quickly changed from selling cakes – to being a full service caravan bar.

Justine & Bill searched all over New Zealand to find the right caravan to retrofit, finally, after 9 months, they found a beautiful 1970 Zephyr in Upper Hutt.  On the drive home, she was named Audrey, after Audrey Hepburn – a broad with a lot of class, elegance and sass.

Hello Audrey was launched in October 2015 and booked 11 weddings in the summer 2016.  The first season was a huge success and was quickly booked out the following summer, a year in advance, with 17 weddings in 2017.

In 2018 Hello Audrey expanded to add more bars to handle the demand (3 x boutique bars) and booked 25 weddings for both the summer of 2018., along with the 2019 season booking 25 weddings.

In 2019 Justine & Bill decided they needed to have more time in their weekends for their son and they started the process of building their dream home, they decided to sell Hello Audrey to Adehl & Dejay.

At the time, Ngapera & Shannan saw this change of ownership and thought “Wow! What an incredible, unique business for our region and our wedding industry!’.

Fast Forward to 2023, Hello Audrey was available again and after much thought, planning, and second guessing, we decided to take the leap and we haven’t looked back since. We love LOVE, we are perfectionists with an eye for details and we are definitely over-achievers.

In 2024 we started expansion into our Passion project Audreys Events House, where we offer boutique picnics and hireage for intimate events.

In 2025 we launched our Sip Sodas by Hello Audrey, where we began selling flavoured Sodas at local markets and events. We also took the leap and bought our second trailer and began converting our beautiful Pink Horse Float.

Whether its weddings or events we love what we do, we have an amazing team ready to make your day carefree and ensure all your wedding dreams come true. We look forward to working with you.

Shannan & Ngapera xx