Archive for the ‘Featured Work’ Category

Tuesday, June 10th, 2014

Gary (Gazza) McCormick the More FM presenter and famous New Zealander was tattooed by us this morning! See full Gallery below Even though Gary’s lovely wife was not as keen on the idea of him getting a tattoo at the age of 62 he went ahead with it anyway and chose an anchor design to […]


Wednesday, May 28th, 2014

Jason came into Zealand Tattoo at the beginning of the month to receive a Maori tattoo from our very talented Maori and Polynesian artist, Mana! Originally from the US, Jason works for Microsoft, all the way over in Asia, and came to Christchurch to work with a Microsoft customer’s Steering Board. Mana set to work […]


Thursday, April 4th, 2013

Mattel have recently launched a tattooed Barbie doll with a flower tattoo on her chest and a tiger on her back! Maybe the ‘Tokidoki’ Barbie is a reflection of our social shift in perceptions and attitudes toward having tattoos. Recent statistics show that one in four Americans aged between 18 and 50 years-of-age have tattoos […]


Thursday, April 4th, 2013

   Thomas and Kristian were only in Christchurch for ONE DAY and Mana worked on these two awesome pieces from 9 am until 2 am! After 17 hours in the studio, Thomas and Kristian flew back home to Norway at 7 am that morning!


Thursday, April 4th, 2013

Doesn’t get much more commited than that!


Thursday, April 4th, 2013

Instead of just getting your average run-of-the-mill New Zealand silver fern, we have had some really amazing and unique Maori fern designs happening in the studio. Each design is of course, totally original and tailored to their owner. Why not get a fern that nobody else will ever have but you!      


Thursday, April 4th, 2013

Everybody knows it, Maori tattoo art has been steadily rising in popularity as a tasteful, beautiful and timeless style. And that’s not just in New Zealand, but everywhere. It’s becoming more and more recognisable and has earned itself a place of status in the world of upmarket tattooing. If you wanna get one, get it done […]


Friday, July 23rd, 2010

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 […]


Wednesday, July 21st, 2010

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 […]


Wednesday, July 21st, 2010

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 […]