This Māori alternative trend to wedding and engagement rings is stunning!

Publish Date: Sunday, 19 November 2017, 9:52AM

Heading into the summertime here in New Zealand everyone's about to ramp up into wedding season. In saying that, if Michael Hill or Pascoes seems to be a tad expensive or maybe you want something more cultural then maybe this might be a bit of you.

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People are dropping the diamond rings for ink and getting a more permanent ta moko ring for their special day!

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A post shared by Arts Elemental Ta Moko Studios (@artselemental) on Oct 20, 2017 at 3:12am PDT

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A post shared by Arts Elemental Ta Moko Studios (@artselemental) on Aug 31, 2017 at 2:13am PDT

The Internet has started to notice more and more ta moko designs on the wedding ring finger of couples to celebrate their union and they are amazing and beautiful!

This could be the start of something new!

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