The beach wedding between Mr Hide and former squash player Louise Crome will be a double celebration for Mr Hide, who turned 54 on Thursday, and a joyful way to end the year after political upheavals in his party.
Act leader Rodney Hide and his partner Louise Crome are planning a beach wedding for December and are expecting a baby.
A website is predicting that National is likely to need the embattled Act party in order to govern after next year's election.
There would be plenty of mana in customary marine title without the power to exclude the public from sacred sand.
Rodney Hide - the minister who was busted for taking his girlfriend on a $22,000 trip to Hawaii and Europe - has called for openness about public spending.
The Maori Party has indicated it is rethinking its support of the new foreshore and seabed bill after pressure from Hone Harawira and Act.
Maori Party co-leader Tariana Turia is not guaranteeing her party's support for new foreshore legislation after moves to amend it to explicitly state iwi could not charge for access.
Minor party mayhem, such as the David Garrett fake passport fraud scandal, is turning voters off MMP, a poll released tonight shows.
As turmoil surrounds his party, wedding bells are on the horizon for Act leader Rodney Hide.