Jolly Octopus Tattoos
Jolly Octopus Tattoos is a tattoo and piercing studio in Bishopdale, Christchurch, inside the Bishopdale commercial centre.
Checked 19 Oct 2026 · hours from its own website, read 27 Sept 2026
Best in Christchurch for Old School Traditional Tattoos, Japanese Tattoos, Cover Up Tattoos, and Scar Covering. Free Consult
The northernmost tattoo and piercing studio on the record
Bishopdale
Opening hours
| Monday – Sunday | 11 am to 5 pm |
|---|
Hours change, especially over holidays: confirm with the business before a special trip. About 42 hours a week, by the website’s count.
From its website and public pages
Read from the site itself 27 Sept 2026, Its own website.
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Getting there
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Straight-line distances from the pin, not walking routes.
Nearby
More nearby places 7
Environment Canterbury’s Canterbury Maps Parks layer, refreshed 2026-10-10. Distances are straight-line from the business pin, not walking routes.
The nearest other tattoo & piercing
More nearby tattoo & piercing 5
All 2 tattoo & piercing in Bishopdale → · Every one in the city →
Also in Bishopdale
More businesses in Bishopdale 7
What the record holds 9 sourced facts
What the record holds
| Fact | What the source says | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Kind | Tattoo & piercing | OpenStreetMap |
| Phone | +64(3) 360-3120 | Its own website |
| Website | jollyoctopustattoo.com | OpenStreetMap · its own site agrees |
| reception.jolly.octopus.tattoos@gmail.com | Its own website | |
| Social | Facebook, Instagram | Its own website |
| NZBN | 9429046980724, NZ Limited Company | NZBN register |
| Registered name | JOLLY OCTOPUS LIMITED | NZBN register |
| Registered since | 5 Sept 2018 | NZBN register |
| Industry | Tattooing and piercing service | NZBN register |
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What its website says
Best in Christchurch for Old School Traditional Tattoos, Japanese Tattoos, Cover Up Tattoos, and Scar Covering. Free Consult!
— Its own website. Read from its own site, a lead, not checked.
The ground it stands on
| Fact | What the source says | Source |
|---|---|---|
| District Plan zone | Local centre zone | District Plan |
| Commercial centre | Bishopdale, large neighbourhood centre | District Plan |
åœrauwahata / Sculptor – Tim Wraight / July 2017The reports nearby
786 council reports pinned within 250 m of the premises, most often Graffiti & vandalism and Roads & footpaths, 634 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place itself.
The 786 reports on file
Pothole
Pothole
Dumped Rubbish
Dumped Rubbish
Dumped Rubbish
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure
Water General
Water General
Facility - General Request
Graffiti on a playground or in a park
Graffiti on a fence, building or structureQuestions, answered briefly
Read answers 8
A tattoo and piercing studio in Bishopdale, Christchurch.
Somewhere in Bishopdale, the record holds no street address. On the map →
On OpenStreetMap.
phone 0(3) 360-3120 (its own website), its website, email reception.jolly.octopus.tattoos@gmail.com (its own website).
Monday – Sunday: 11 am to 5 pm, as its own website states.
Jolly Octopus Tattoo (1.0 km), Impala Tattoo (1.9 km), Burning Needlz Tattoo (2.0 km), every one in the city.
6 other premises within a short walk, nearest Harcourts (8 m); the Bishopdale Mall (Harewood Rd) bus stop is 245 m away: routes 27, 125; a cycle lane passes within 118 m; nearest park: Farrington Reserve (94 m).
The record behind this
This page is the union of what these public sources say, each fact above names the one it came from. A listing is a lead, not a promise the business still trades:
Sources: OpenStreetMap · Christchurch District Plan layers · Environment Canterbury’s Metro stop record · Christchurch City Council’s cycleway layer · The business’s own website · New Zealand Business Number register
Read source notes 6
- OpenStreetMap, named premises drawn and kept current by its contributors (ODbL)
- Christchurch District Plan layers, zones, commercial centres and scheduled heritage items, from the council’s open data (CC BY 4.0)
- Environment Canterbury’s Metro stop record, distances measured here from the pin
- Christchurch City Council’s cycleway layer, lanes, separated paths and the named Major Cycle Routes (CC BY 4.0)
- The business’s own website, read politely by chch.live for contact details the open record is missing, re-checked monthly
- New Zealand Business Number register, the public facts every NZBN entity files (legal name, status, registration date, industry), matched here by name and address
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