Judge MyInk Tattoos

Judge MyInk Tattoos GOOD * CLEAN * EFFICIENT * AFFORDABLE
19 Years Exp. Born and raised in Kawerau with 18 years experience in the tattoo industry.

Specialising in Black&Grey Realism, Portraits, Large Animals, Birds, Nature, Memorials, Moko Fusion and Growing Sleeves! Specializing in Black and Grey Realism, Portraits, Large Animals and Nature Theme, Memorial and Tribute Pieces and Moko Fusion.

02/06/2026

Most of us spend years becoming who everyone else expects us to be.

A meaningful tattoo is different.

It’s intentional.

A reminder of who you are.

Where you’ve been.

Or who you’re becoming.

In a world full of opinions, expectations, and noise…

sometimes the ultimate act of sovereignty is choosing your own story.

IYKYK 👌

If your ready to mark the moment

Drop a Comment or send us a DM and let’s discuss your next piece to the suit🕴️

Bookings available by DM only.

Thursday - Sundays
10am - 4pm

Let’s get you Armour Up 🪬

29/05/2026

I’ve always found it interesting how differently people see Medusa 🤔

Some see a monster.

Others see a survivor.

Some see strength.

Others see a warning.

Maybe that’s why her story has lasted so long.

Most of us know what it’s like to become something we never planned to be.

A hard shell.

A sharp tongue.

The need to stay in control.

The habit of keeping people at a distance.

One thought I’ve been sitting with lately:

The moment we stop reacting to life and start observing ourselves -

A choice appears 🤯

Keep repeating the same story OR start writing a new one ✍️

What Old Patterns have you been questioning lately? 🤔

12/05/2026

“What’s a cousin?” 👵🫶

Lowkey… usually your first best friend.
First scrap.
First sleepover.
First person to know the family drama before you even did 😅

Around here, cousins are basically built like siblings anyway.

Different houses.
Shared chaos.
Same grandparents.
Same stories.
And laughs that somehow get louder every time everyone ends up back home together again 😜😂

But such is life right…

Some move away for mahi.
Some start families.
Some disappear off chasing dreams.💫

And if we’re being honest…

most of us are guilty of the classic—

“we should catch up soon.”🫣

But somehow it’s been five years already and everybody’s quietly surviving on the hope that no news is good news 😅

BUT every now and then a calling happens 🔔

Someone comes home.
A date gets locked in.
And somehow everyone finally lands back in the same place again.💕

And for a minute and a half…

it’s like time never moved.

Same jokes.
Same loud laughs.
Same cousin still acting like they run the whole whānau 😂. Just more kids now.
A few new stories. And a whole lot of good old ones 🥂👌

That’s what made this catch-up so cool to watch. A few cousins finally home together and intentionally made the moment and leaving with the best kind of souvenir 🎨

And I don’t know about you…

But Intentional Love is some of the best kind there is!

The cousin who organised this day for them all is missing from the video, but what a awesome day watching them all love on each other 🫶

Because moments like this really can make time feel like an illusion ⏰

Who was there.
Who laughed the loudest.
Who nearly backed out.
Who handled it the best 😅

Sometimes the tattoo is just the thing that marks the day everyone intentionally chose each other again.💜💙💚

The visual imprint of a connection y’all grew through together 💫💕🏆

Cousin date 2.0 anyone??? 😂

Might actually be time to add Cousin Day to the annual calendar 📆

Tag them cousins 🔖 Let them know you’re thinking of them too 🤍

Mauri Your Ora Whanau 🙌

I think we tend to forget sometimes about how much of who we are came from the woman who held everything together behind...
10/05/2026

I think we tend to forget sometimes about how much of who we are came from the woman who held everything together behind the scenes 👵

The rides.
The stress.
The meals.
The worry.
The sacrifices nobody saw.

Some mums built entire worlds quietly 🌏

Today’s for them 🏆

Happy Mother’s Day to all The Portals in te Ao 🤍 💐💕

Maa Te Waa Wahine Ma 💜

13/04/2026

You don’t need to have it all figured out to start. 💬

That’s what stops most people.

They think they need the perfect idea…
before they even reach out.

You don’t.

Our inbox is where it starts.

It becomes your Tattoo Journal —
🔸 A place to drop your ideas
🔸 Save your references
🔸 Build your design over time

No pressure.
No rush.

Just a space to start moving forward. ✔️

If you’ve been sitting on an idea…

Send us a message to commence your Tattoo Journal 💬

Let’s turn it
from thinking about it…
to something real you can actually move toward.

13/04/2026

Morena whanau 🌬️🌀

Hope everyone’s holding up after Vaianu.

Bit of clean-up mode out there today, flooding, slips, power outages.

Hats off to the Crews who are already moving through it, getting roads cleared and power lines back up as quick as they can.

Seen something this morning that put it into perspective though…

it’s not just a “once in a while” thing anymore.

2016 — Kaikōura earthquake
2017 — Edgecumbe floods
2018 — Cyclone Gita
2019–20 — Whakaari eruption
2023 — Auckland floods, then Cyclone Gabrielle
2026 — Vaianu

Different names… same kind of impact.

Not saying it to stress anyone — just one of those moments where you realise how often our people have to adapt, reset, and carry on 😓

And yet, every single time—

our people show up.

No hesitation. No questions.

Just checking on each other, helping where we can, and carrying it together.

That part never changes ⛑️

That part is us 🫶

Proud of you. Proud of our communities. Proud of our people.

Mauri your Ora whanaunga 🤍

12/04/2026

Fun fact

🌬️T A W H I R I M A T E A is here 🌀How we all doing out there whanau? 🌪️We got some good howls going on atm here in the...
11/04/2026

🌬️T A W H I R I M A T E A is here 🌀

How we all doing out there whanau? 🌪️

We got some good howls going on atm here in the K. Rain on and off! Bracing for it! 😳

Old vaianu is giving bipolar aunty coming for a visit!

Might come nicely

Might 🫢 SWEARWORD things up on her way out! 😵‍💫🤕

So we brace and Hopefully everyone is staying safe! Regardless!

🕯️Got your phones charged, batteries, candles and torches on stand by? Bring in anything loose outside - including your pets! And bracing for impact🫡

Kia tupato whanau! 🪖

✍️🫟 On an another note : if you could assign a name to each of our characters below - what would they be??? 🤔🤗

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Cyclone coming in strong. Are you prepared ? 🌀Yesterday must of been a tohu for us 🫰With no bookings we were able to us...
10/04/2026

Cyclone coming in strong. Are you prepared ? 🌀

Yesterday must of been a tohu for us 🫰

With no bookings we were able to use the time to batten down the hatches and do a quick supermarket run to top up the basics, batteries, non perishables etc

If you haven’t already, now’s a good time to do the same:

– Grab a few non-perishables (stuff you’ll actually eat)
– Charge your phones and power banks
– Check your torches, candles, batteries
– Bring anything loose outside in
– Check in on your people — especially our Kuia and Koroua or anyone on their own

We all know how these things go…

sometimes it’s nothing, sometimes it’s a full carry on 😓

Better to be sorted now than scrambling later right!

Feels like one of those “aunty’s in a mood” situations 😂

She might pass through or she might rearrange the whole damn neighbourhood on her way out.

Either way… be prepared 🪖

Stay safe, look out for each other, and let’s get ready to ride!

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