Matai Ink is a tattoo studio in Miramar, Wellington, on the Miramar peninsula, a short drive from the airport. Tattooing is done by hand, one line and one layer of shading at a time, so how a piece ages depends on the artist's skill as much as the design. People come to a studio like this for work they will keep for decades, and the quality of the linework and the colour packing is what sets one studio apart from another. Matai Ink is on the Wellington side of the harbour, serving the eastern suburbs and the city.