11 May 2015

Tattoo beating path to capital

5:06 pm on 11 May 2015

The world-renowned Edinburgh Military Tattoo is set to return to New Zealand next year.

A piper during the 2014 Edinburgh Tattoo.

A piper during the 2014 Edinburgh Tattoo. Photo: AFP

It has been announced that the Tattoo, which features 1200 performers, will be held at Wellington's Westpac Stadium in February.

It will be the fourth time in its 65-year-history that the Tattoo has been held outside of Scotland.

The show, which includes drill teams, pipers, fiddlers and highland dancers, first came to New Zealand as part of the New Zealand International Arts Festival in 2000.