![New Zealand Tattoo & Art Festival 19 Peyton Reeve came from Melbourne for the event.](https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/4/z/2/4/t/e/image.related.StuffLandscapeSixteenByNine.710x400.4z24tf.png/1669596039579.jpg?format=pjpg&optimize=medium)
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Peyton Reeve was from Melbourne to attend the event.
The New Zealand Tattoo & Art Festival returned to the TSB Stadium in New Plymouth at the weekend after being cancelled for the past two years due to Covid-19.
Many people came to the stadium to view the tattoo artists, get tattooed, and enjoy the food and music.
Photographer Andy MacDonald We went along for a closer look. Here’s what he found.
![New Zealand Tattoo & Art Festival 20 Siarn Engels from Newcastle who has come over for the show.](https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/4/z/2/4/t/k/image.related.StuffLandscapeSixteenByNine.710x400.4z24tf.png/1669596039579.jpg?format=pjpg&optimize=medium)
Siarn Engels of Newcastle has joined us for the show.
![New Zealand Tattoo & Art Festival 21 Mimsy Gleeson came Brisbane.](https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/4/z/2/4/t/j/image.related.StuffLandscapeSixteenByNine.710x400.4z24tf.png/1669596039579.jpg?format=pjpg&optimize=medium)
Mimsy Gleeson came Brisbane.
![New Zealand Tattoo & Art Festival 22 A large number of people who attended got tattoos.](https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/4/z/2/4/t/h/image.related.StuffLandscapeSixteenByNine.710x400.4z24tf.png/1669596039579.jpg?format=pjpg&optimize=medium)
Many people attended the event and got tattoos.
![New Zealand Tattoo & Art Festival 23 While most of the tattoo artists used a gun, there were some using more traditional techniques with a chisel, blades and a small mallet.](https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/4/z/2/4/t/g/image.related.StuffLandscapeSixteenByNine.710x400.4z24tf.png/1669596039579.jpg?format=pjpg&optimize=medium)
Although most tattoo artists used a gun to create their designs, some others used more traditional techniques such as a chisel and blades.
![New Zealand Tattoo & Art Festival 24 Palmerston North's Brydee Cuthbertson gets a tattoo every time she comes.](https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/4/z/2/4/t/d/image.related.StuffLandscapeSixteenByNine.710x400.4z24tf.png/1669596039579.jpg?format=pjpg&optimize=medium)
Brydee Culbertson of Palmerston North gets a tattoo for every visit.
![New Zealand Tattoo & Art Festival 25 Anastasia Storie-Cole came down from Hamilton.](https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/4/z/2/4/t/c/image.related.StuffLandscapeSixteenByNine.710x400.4z24tf.png/1669596039579.jpg?format=pjpg&optimize=medium)
Anastasia Storie Cole arrived from Hamilton.
![New Zealand Tattoo & Art Festival 26 Sam Rulz of Vienna Electric came back from Austria just for the festival.](https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/4/z/2/4/t/9/image.related.StuffLandscapeSixteenByNine.710x400.4z24tf.png/1669596039579.jpg?format=pjpg&optimize=medium)
Sam Rulz, from Vienna Electric, came back from Austria to attend the festival.
![New Zealand Tattoo & Art Festival 27 26112022 NEWS PHOTO ANDY MACDONALD / TARANAKI DAILY NEWS Nursey from Wellington The 10th NZ Tattoo & Art Festival, Australasia’s biggest tattoo event, featuring over 250 of the worlds best artists. Held over the weekend in New Plymouth.](https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/4/z/2/4/t/5/image.related.StuffLandscapeSixteenByNine.710x400.4z24tf.png/1669596039579.jpg?format=pjpg&optimize=medium)
26112022 NEWS PHOTO ANDY MACDONALD / TARANAKI DAILY NEWS Nursey from Wellington The 10th NZ Tattoo & Art Festival, Australasia’s biggest tattoo event, featuring over 250 of the worlds best artists. It was held over the weekend in New Plymouth.