Hi all, Our shop is fine and we are actually tattooing today with eager people wanting work done. Our sincere thoughts are with all who have had family injured and lost homes and other possessions. If you want to support Canterbury then please review the Red Cross website. The Red Cross have been very active within […]




Ann-Marie is a regular client of Zealand Tattoo. She has had a couple of pieces done by Zane in the past, all of which have healed perfectly and she is extremely happy with. When visiting her Uncle out of town he offered to pay for her to have a tattoo done as a Birthday gift, […]




Mention this special August offer to receive… – A FREE Zealand tattoo T-Shirt (worth $40) with wicked designs created by Zane himself! Men’s and women’s styles available… (they make awesome souvenirs!)  These can be obtained with any tattoo over $300. But you must secure your booking this month!




At the end of June 2010, JB, a DJ/Remix Artist and Music Producer from the USA contacted us directly via e-mail. Having researched thoroughly into tattoo studios within New Zealand that specialise in Maori art, JB found our ‘You Tube’ videohttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7ob7cMCjp4 and was so impressed with the quality of our work and our studio standards that […]




Dan came into our studio here at Zealand Tattoo, with the idea of having the Metallica “Justice for All” album cover tattooed on his arm. For those who aren’t familiar with this image it is the Statue of Liberty holding justice scales which signifies the balance between good and evil, life and death etc. After […]




Kelly was an existing Zealand Tattoo client who had a tattoo piece completed of a small dragon. For her next tattoo design with Zealand Tattoo, Kelly decided to have tattoo design brainstorming session with head tattoo artist, Zane.  As a result of Kelly consulting with Zealand Tattoo – she was informed on the benefits of […]




Monique came into our Studio and wanted a Tattoo Cover Up to fully obscure an old tribal Tattoo design.   This is Monique’s original Tribal Tattoo that she was dissatisfied with.   After an initial Consultation and Art Brainstorming session, Monique decided to follow Zane’s artistic recommendation of having a classy, feminine Ornamental Tattoo design […]




Following is the story of Linzi’s Oriental Maori Crossover Art piece. We believe and predict that an emerging future art style that will rapidly gain prominence is Oriental Maori crossover!! Linzi (and her mother Carol) and had been looking at the Zealand Tattoo website for 2 years and finally decided to make email contact in […]




Following is the story of Carol’s Japanese Lotus Flower design. Carol (and her daughter Linzi) had been watching the Zealand Tattoo website over the past two years with interest and finally made contact with us, in order to have an Oriental Tattoo designed. This particular photo was an image that Carol had searched for and found […]




Following is the story of Phil’s Angel tattoo. Phil came into the studio and originally had the idea of having his Mother’s name tattooed on him given that she had been of significant influence in his life. After a consultation, Zane recommended that he represented this by way of an angel signifying that she has […]