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Ta moko/Tattoo artist available by appointment only based in Mangawhai Heads, Northland
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Based in Mangawhai we At 818 we focus mainly on Tamoko and Custom designs. We don't have tattoo designs on the walls to pick from as we draw to suit but can work from your references and sometimes your drawings to create you a unique piece.

05/11/2026

For Cole Brown today onto the chest next week 😮‍💨

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30/10/2026

Carrying on from yesterday on his partner Meri Tuarae we started with the Tewhatewha for the bro Vinzo today.

We will bring the Manaia in behind later so his and his missus pieces have the same elements but are laid out differently for each of them.
Decided on Paua in his Tewhatewha and will do Pounamu in the eye of his Manaia, then when we finish Midz piece we will Paua the eye of her Manaia.

I want to speak on the "R.I.P Drask" part which we are going to cover then do the homie justice by finding a piece he actually did and ill take a stencil and putting it back on the skin somewhere. I could give his steez a crack from memory (see last image) but the bro has some papers somewhere of his actual hit he did and that will be way better like when we tattoo signatures of loved ones this is the bros signature.
Nate (DRASK) had thee wharking meanest flows when it came to hits especially his "S" 🏆🏆🏆

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29/10/2026

We made a decent start on this coverup today 👏
Will carry on away from the coverup area later and taper it off higher up the thigh finish up the shading where needed, add white highlights and patterning into the Tewhatewha and some black speckling to make it look more like Pounamu. (Last photo ipad tutu with white to give you an idea)
Once we have completed the rest we will figure out if we are doing the Eye Red, Paua or Pounamu.

Her partners in tomorrow for a coverup aswel and we are going to reconfigure the layout for his on the arm of a Tewhatewha and Maiana

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28/10/2026

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27/10/2026

Start of a sleeve for Jaedeah first piece ever and sat like a champ 💪💪💪

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25/10/2026

Day 2 of 2 for Shannon Norton 💪

"This piece represents the duality of my masculine and feminine energies. The Taniwha stands as a kaitiaki, protecting my body, my whenua. Holding my womb within her jaw, she embodies the strength and power of my feminine energy, while her tail anchors me to the land, grounding me in my roots. She sweeps outward from my mana energy centre, symbolising the flow of energy, the connection between body and whenua, and the balance within me. Tihei Mauri Ora ✨"

This piece had my brain constantly thinking about what if we... what about... maybe we... so you finally piece it together for Shannon and complete and see her reaction was 🏆🏆🏆
We were having a korero about maybe a polishing session later and possibly adding parts coming off like kelp and flames for the moana/awa her fire spinning and possibly some more in the scales. 1 or the other or both is going to be the question but happy as with how it is so far regardless of weather with fine tune or not 🤓

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24/10/2026

Day 1 of 2 for Shannon Norton
Traveling up from Nelson to us for this 2 day collaboration design of a MANAdala and a Taniwha wrapping around and through it you will have to come back tomorrow to see how it swims around the leg...

We had abit of a hui about sizes of stencil and mapped it out where the head and body of the Taniwha will be going and flowing then she went to the Mangawhai Market for a coffee and came back then we got stuck in.
Cant wait to complete this piece tomorrow 🙌
If you have been in the studio her standing on the step inside the studio will give you an indication of how petite she is to the scale of the piece 💪

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22/10/2026

"WĀHine Toa Stitchuation"

Riviera Ruka
Happy 10th borned day niece 🩷💙
Dad asked me (what i would call last minute) if i could do something for your birthday. Uncle also works best under pressure in competition settings so i treated this with no less than that mindset.

Wakaaro...
I know you are maaaaad about 2 things stitch and the nzwarriors so Uncle had to speed up his brainstorming for this one.
Originally i was gonna do the Warriors logo with Stitch colours. But that seems too easy so i thought about redesigning the Warriors logo to a WAHine version especially for you to show your spirit like them. Through all the bad calls and reviews thrown at them they still show up and give it their all 💪

So off to the drawing board i went and we came up with this for you signifying your Warrior fighting spirit since 2018 dealing with type 1 diabetes to being diagnosed with epilepsy & celiac disease just recently but also signifying your younger years before you get into the pre teens with the Stitch colour palette.

All while not forgetting your cultural heritage Maori and Raratongan and the 3 Unaunahi patterns within not only representing your Whakaapa to the Northern regions
but your 3 brothers who i have also brought in Faatūmoa through the hair with their Samoan roots.

I've been through alot of wars with my mind and body in my lifetime most if which were probably avoidable... but I cant even begin to imagine how a young mind and body would deal with all the things you have had to endure with no choice in the matter of the cards you have been dealt.
With that in mind i hope when you look at this piece today and in the years to come you know how much stronger and braver then me you were and continue to be and how proud it makes me to call you my Riv! RA WHANAU KIA KOE
🩷💙🩷💙🩷💙🩷💙 "This is my family. I found it, all on my own. It's little, and broken, but still good. Yeah. Still good." — Stitch

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