The Fresh Prints of Brighton

The Fresh Prints of Brighton—a playful nod to Bel-Air, but with New Brighton’s gritty, coastal soul. This collection of Surface Active’s latest wildlife art T-shirts celebrates New Zealand’s native birds with 10 Canterbury designs from the mountains to the sea.
Designs Commissioned by Friends, The Last and First Collection of AMC Rambler Rebel T-Shirt Designs.

Surface Active Custom T-Shirt Order Form

Choose how you shop for your Men’s, Women’s or Kids’ New Zealand Nature t-shirts:

  • at our New Zealand e-store based in Tauranga,
  • our International e-store based in the United States,
  • direct from New Brighton: Alternatively order directly from me for a custom made heat-pressed shirt. Ideal for pick-up at my New Brighton Seaside Market stall Saturdays, for me to cycle deliver locally or to send further afield via courier post.
  • Note garment colour and size information is below the order form

Details: Our high resolution artwork and water-based ink system ensure that our wildlife art prints are crisp and vibrant, the sharpness and details of small dots and fine lines is clear and well defined, the prints are securely bonded to the fabric, they feel soft, smooth and blended in with the garment. While our T-shirts are well made from 100% combed ring-spun cotton*, they’re constructed from 185gsm (mid-weight) fabric, pre-shrunk, anti-pill.

  • Tight knit for superior printability and handfeel
  • Side seams for better fit and to prevent twisting
  • Shoulder to shoulder reinforcing tape
  • Twin-needle stitching on body and sleeve hems

* Marle colours have a 15 percent viscose content to produce that classic marle look.

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Account Number: 38-90090359221-00
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Choose Colour

Surface Active’s t-shirt suppliers colour chart to assist customers to identify the right t-shirt for them.
Top row: Black, Black Marle, Dark Grey, Grey Marle, Sage, Khaki, Kelly, Navy. Middle row: Denim Marle, Bluestone, Deep Royal, Aqua, Pale Sky, Lavender, Purple, Maroon. Bottom row: Rust, Red, Pale Pink, Orange, Tan, Ivory, White. (Note: Outsize shirts are available up to 9XL in 5 colours: White, Black, Dark Grey, Navy & Grey Marle)

Choose size

Size chart of Surface Actives mens’ t-shirt sizes.
Mens’ size chart.
Womens’ size chart.
Kids’ size chart.

Thank you so much for purchasing one of our Surface Active New Zealand Nature tees.

While our delivery target is 1 week, we ask that you allow us up to 2 weeks to print and deliver your custom made T-shirt to you.

Shaun Waugh from Surface Active (note: if you are a New Brighton local, he’s the T-Shirt man at the Saturday Brighton Market) is the guy creating you custom tee for you with the assistance of his Christchurch custom print provider Merch Kings, and the crew of volunteers at his primary local retail outlet The Creatives Edit at 105 New Brighton Mall (where locals can pick-up their orders from Monday–Saturday).

Shaun designs and heatpresses all his art on garments. The print quality delivered by his printing process is exceptional and the finished product is carefully designed to be durable, reflecting the pride that Shaun has in hand-crafting his work.

Mens’ Tee Designs

Bring a touch of New Zealand nature to your wardrobe with Surface Active’s collection of men’s t-shirts.

Man wearing a red 1957 Rambler t-shirt standing beside New Brighton Pier, celebrating the Rambler Rebel’s legacy.

57 Rambler Rebel tee: Mens

Mens Tee: ………NZD$57.50
Womens Tee: …NZD$57.50
Kids Tee: …………NZD$20.00
Longsl Tee:………NZD$58.00

Bearded man with sunglasses in a pale blue Adelie Penguins t-shirt, posing beside the reinforced concrete New Brighton Pier.

Adelie penguins tee: Mens

Mens Tee: ………NZD$67.50
Womens Tee: …NZD$67.50
Kids Tee: …………NZD$40.00
Longsl Tee:………NZD$71.00

Ben, a regular customer at the New Brighton Seaside Market, wearing a grey marle t-shirt with an all-over Bluff weta print, showcasing Shaun Waugh’s Surface Active New Zealand Nature T-shirt stall in Brighton Mall on Saturday mornings.

Bluff Weta all-over: mens

Mens Tee: ………NZD$57.50
Womens Tee: …NZD$57.50
Kids Tee: …………NZD$20.00
Longsl Tee:………NZD$71.00

A man with a serious expression wears a white t-shirt with four playful leaping dolphins printed on it, standing beside New Brighton Pier.

Dolphins leap tee: Mens

Mens Tee: ………NZD$57.50
Womens Tee: …NZD$57.50
Kids Tee: …………NZD$20.00
Longsl Tee:………NZD$71.00

A hipster guy wearing an army green t-shirt with a large, pixel-art Bluff weta design stands with New Brighton Pier in the background.

Giant weta tee: Mens

Mens Tee: ………NZD$57.50
Womens Tee: …NZD$57.50
Kids Tee: …………NZD$20.00
Longsl Tee:………NZD$71.00

A multicolour print of an overhead view of a Harlequin Gecko moving through the foliage of a flowering manuka tree printed on the front of a black marle Surface Active t-shirt. The shirt reads in small text “Harlequin gecko - Stewart Island New Zealand.

Harlequin gecko tee: Mens

Mens Tee: ………NZD$57.50
Womens Tee: …NZD$57.50
Kids Tee: …………NZD$20.00
Longsl Tee:………NZD$71.00

A man wearing a navy blue t-shirt with a large, two-colour kiwi roundel print on the back, standing beside New Brighton Pier.

Iconic kiwi tee (dark): Mens

Mens Tee: ………NZD$57.50
Womens Tee: …NZD$57.50
Kids Tee: …………NZD$20.00
Longsl Tee:………NZD$71.00

A sage green Surface Active iconic Kiwi roundel design t-shirt modelled by a bearded man beside New Brighton pier.

Iconic kiwi tee (light): Mens

Mens Tee: ………NZD$57.50
Womens Tee: …NZD$57.50
Kids Tee: …………NZD$20.00
Longsl Tee:………NZD$71.00

A bearded man in sunglasses wearing a forest green jewelled gecko t-shirt beside New Brighton Pier.

Jewelled gecko tee: Mens

Mens Tee: ………NZD$57.50
Womens Tee: …NZD$57.50
Kids Tee: …………NZD$20.00
Longsl Tee:………NZD$71.00

Kea Mt Cook tee: Mens

Mens Tee: ………NZD$57.50
Womens Tee: …NZD$57.50
Kids Tee: …………NZD$20.00
Longsl Tee:………NZD$71.00

Kiwi all over tee (dark): Mens

Shop Men’s, Women’s, and Kids’ short-sleeve and long-sleeve t-shirts and tank tops from Surface Active—The New Zealand Nature T-shirt Company.

A man wearing a Surface Active all-over printed iconic Kiwi, New Zealand t-shirt, light coloured shirt version, standing on New Brighton beach beside the pier.

Kiwi all over tee (light): Mens

Shop Men’s, Women’s, and Kids’ short-sleeve and long-sleeve t-shirts and tank tops from Surface Active—The New Zealand Nature T-shirt Company.

Kiwi florin coin tee: Mens

Mens Tee: ………NZD$57.50
Womens Tee: …NZD$57.50
Kids Tee: …………NZD$20.00
Longsl Tee:………NZD$71.00

A black Surface Active t-shirt with illustration of a 1961 Ford MkII Zephyr re-imagined as NASA’s space shuttle being modelled by a customer beside New Brighton Pier.

Kiwi space shuttle tee: Mens

Mens Tee: ………NZD$57.50
Womens Tee: …NZD$57.50
Kids Tee: …………NZD$20.00
Longsl Tee:………NZD$71.00

Paua of the Pacific tee: Mens

Mens Tee: ………NZD$56.00
Womens Tee: …NZD$56.00
Kids Tee: …………NZD$30.00
Longsl Tee:………NZD$67.50

Seagull New Brighton dawn tee: Mens

Mens Tee: ………NZD$57.50
Womens Tee: …NZD$57.50
Kids Tee: …………NZD$20.00
Longsl Tee:………NZD$71.00

Shags in love tee: Mens

Mens Tee: ………NZD$57.50
Womens Tee: …NZD$57.50
Kids Tee: …………NZD$20.00
Longsl Tee:………NZD$71.00

A man showing his white Surface Active tapa all-over printed t-shirt.

Tapa NZ tee: Mens

Mens Tee: ………NZD$67.50
Womens Tee: …NZD$67.50
Kids Tee: …………NZD$40.00
Longsl Tee:………NZD$81.00

A forest green Surface Active all-over printed Treefern New Zealand t-shirt worn by a young man facing the camera in the studio.

Treefern – punga tee: Mens

Mens Tee: ………NZD$57.50
Womens Tee: …NZD$57.50
Kids Tee: …………NZD$20.00
Longsl Tee:………NZD$71.00

Tuatara dawn tee: Mens

Mens Tee: ………NZD$57.50
Womens Tee: …NZD$57.50
Kids Tee: …………NZD$20.00
Longsl Tee:………NZD$71.00

Black and white image of a Surface Active tuatara portrait printed on a black t-shirt, the tuatara is a lizard native to New Zealand.

Tuatara portrait tee: Mens

Mens Tee: ………NZD$57.50
Womens Tee: …NZD$57.50
Kids Tee: …………NZD$20.00
Longsl Tee:………NZD$71.00

Whale tail Kaikoura tee: Mens

Mens Tee: ………NZD$57.50
Womens Tee: …NZD$57.50
Kids Tee: …………NZD$20.00
Longsl Tee:………NZD$71.00

Womens’ Tee Designs

Find the perfect women’s t-shirt to match your style in our range of designs inspired by New Zealand nature.

Two women wearing a two-sided Adelie Penguin t-shirt, displaying both the front and back designs, beside New Brighton Pier in Christchurch, New Zealand.

Adelie penguins tee: Womens

Womens Tee: …NZD$67.50
Mens Tee: ………NZD$67.50
Kids Tee: …………NZD$40.00
Longsl Tee:………NZD$71.00

A woman with braids in a grey marle t-shirt featuring an all-over weta print stands beside New Brighton Pier, with the Pacific ocean in the background.

Bluff weta all-over womens

Mens Tee: ………NZD$57.50
Womens Tee: …NZD$57.50
Kids Tee: …………NZD$20.00
Longsl Tee:………NZD$71.00

Dolphins leap tee: Womens

Womens Tee: …NZD$48.00
Mens Tee: ………NZD$48.00
Kids Tee: …………NZD$30.00
Longsl Tee:………NZD$58.00

A pretty young woman wearing a Surface Active weta New Zealand t-shirt beside New Brighton pier.

Giant weta tee: Womens

Mens Tee: ………NZD$57.50
Womens Tee: …NZD$57.50
Kids Tee: …………NZD$20.00
Longsl Tee:………NZD$71.00

:Close-up of a woman wearing a Harlequin Gecko t-shirt under a denim jacket, highlighting the detailed print of the gecko's camouflage pattern against a backdrop of flowering manuka.

Harlequin gecko tee: Womens

Mens Tee: ………NZD$57.50
Womens Tee: …NZD$57.50
Kids Tee: …………NZD$20.00
Longsl Tee:………NZD$71.00

Back view of a woman in a black t-shirt with a large, two-colour kiwi roundel print, standing beside New Brighton Pier.

Iconic kiwi tee (dark): Womens

Mens Tee: ………NZD$57.50
Womens Tee: …NZD$57.50
Kids Tee: …………NZD$20.00
Longsl Tee:………NZD$71.00

ack view of a woman in a bright orange t-shirt with a Kiwi Roundel print, standing by New Brighton Pier.

Iconic kiwi tee (light): Womens

Mens Tee: ………NZD$57.50
Womens Tee: …NZD$57.50
Kids Tee: …………NZD$20.00
Longsl Tee:………NZD$71.00

A smiling woman wearing a jewelled gecko t-shirt walking in the outdoors.

Jewelled gecko tee: Womens

Mens Tee: ………NZD$57.50
Womens Tee: …NZD$57.50
Kids Tee: …………NZD$20.00
Longsl Tee:………NZD$71.00

Kea Mt Cook tee: Womens

Mens Tee: ………NZD$57.50
Womens Tee: …NZD$57.50
Kids Tee: …………NZD$20.00
Longsl Tee:………NZD$71.00

Kiwi all over tee (dark): Womens

Shop Men’s, Women’s, and Kids’ short-sleeve and long-sleeve t-shirts and tank tops from Surface Active—The New Zealand Nature T-shirt Company.

Kiwi all over tee (light): Womens

Shop Men’s, Women’s, and Kids’ short-sleeve and long-sleeve t-shirts and tank tops from Surface Active—The New Zealand Nature T-shirt Company.

Kiwi florin coin tee: Womens

Mens Tee: ………NZD$57.50
Womens Tee: …NZD$57.50
Kids Tee: …………NZD$20.00
Longsl Tee:………NZD$71.00

Kiwi space shuttle tee: Womens

Mens Tee: ………NZD$57.50
Womens Tee: …NZD$57.50
Kids Tee: …………NZD$20.00
Longsl Tee:………NZD$71.00

A smiling young woman beside New Brighton Pier wearing a black Surface Active t-shirt with a colourful Paua shell design.

Paua of the Pacific tee: Womens

Mens Tee: ………NZD$57.50
Womens Tee: …NZD$57.50
Kids Tee: …………NZD$20.00
Longsl Tee:………NZD$71.00

A happy young woman wearing a light olive Red-billed gull, New Brighton, New Zealand t-shirt on New Brighton beach beside the New Brighton pier.

Seagull New Brighton dawn tee: Womens

Mens Tee: ………NZD$57.50
Womens Tee: …NZD$57.50
Kids Tee: …………NZD$20.00
Longsl Tee:………NZD$71.00

Spotted shags tee: Womens

Mens Tee: ………NZD$57.50
Womens Tee: …NZD$57.50
Kids Tee: …………NZD$20.00
Longsl Tee:………NZD$71.00

A man showing his white Surface Active tapa all-over printed t-shirt.

Tapa NZ tee: Mens

Mens Tee: ………NZD$67.50
Womens Tee: …NZD$67.50
Kids Tee: …………NZD$40.00
Longsl Tee:………NZD$81.00

Back view of a young woman wearing a forest green Surface Active Tree fern, New Zealand t-shirt in a studio.

Treefern-punga tee: Womens

Mens Tee: ………NZD$57.50
Womens Tee: …NZD$57.50
Kids Tee: …………NZD$20.00
Longsl Tee:………NZD$71.00

Back view of a happy young woman showing the large art on the back of a Surface Active Tuatara, Stephens Island, New Zealand, t-shirt beside New Brighton Pier.

Tuatara dawn tee: Womens

Mens Tee: ………NZD$57.50
Womens Tee: …NZD$57.50
Kids Tee: …………NZD$20.00
Longsl Tee:………NZD$71.00

A curly haired young woman wearing her Surface Active Tuatara t-shirt on the beach beside New Brighton pier.

Tuatara portrait tee: Womens

Mens Tee: ………NZD$57.50
Womens Tee: …NZD$57.50
Kids Tee: …………NZD$20.00
Longsl Tee:………NZD$71.00

Back view of a curly-haired woman modelling the large art of a Surface Active Kaikoura New Zealand, home of the Mighty Sperm Whale t-shirt beside the New Brighton pier.

Whale tail Kaikoura tee: Womens

Mens Tee: ………NZD$57.50
Womens Tee: …NZD$57.50
Kids Tee: …………NZD$20.00
Longsl Tee:………NZD$71.00

Kids’ & Infants’ Tee Designs

Let your child’s imagination run wild with our playful t-shirt designs inspired by New Zealand’s landscapes and wildlife.

Little girl in a pale blue Adelie Penguin t-shirt beside New Brighton Pier.

Adelie Penguins: Kids

Kids tees infant to toddler size, 1–4 yrs old: $30.00
Kids tees youth size, 6–14 yrs old: $40.00

Close-up of a little girl smiling, wearing a grey marle t-shirt with an all-over weta print, with New Brighton Pier in the background.

Bluff weta all-over: Kids

Kids Tee: …………NZD$20.00
Mens Tee: ………NZD$57.50
Womens Tee: …NZD$57.50
Longsl Tee:………NZD$71.00

A smiling boy wearing a white t-shirt with a lively Surface Active “dolphins leaping” print standing beside New Brighton pier.

Dolphins leap tee: Kids

Kids Tee: …………NZD$20.00
Mens Tee: ………NZD$48.00
Womens Tee: …NZD$48.00
Longsl Tee:………NZD$58.00

A happy boy in a red t-shirt with a large Kiwi Roundel design on the front, standing by New Brighton Pier.

Iconic kiwi tee (light): Kids

Kids Tee: …………NZD$20.00
Mens Tee: ………NZD$48.00
Womens Tee: …NZD$48.00
Longsl Tee:………NZD$58.00
(Plus shipping)

A young girl in a Kelly green t-shirt with a jewelled gecko print stands smiling by New Brighton Pier, showcasing the shirt's vibrant design.

Jewelled Gecko tee: Kids

Kids Tee: …………NZD$20.00
Mens Tee: ………NZD$57.50
Womens Tee: …NZD$57.50
Longsl Tee:………NZD$71.00

All-over Printed Tee Designs

Explore our collection of all-over print t-shirts featuring immersive designs. (Heat press or dye sublimation)

Two women wearing a two-sided Adelie Penguin t-shirt, displaying both the front and back designs, beside New Brighton Pier in Christchurch, New Zealand.

Adelie penguins tee: Womens

Mens Tee: ………NZD$57.50
Womens Tee: …NZD$57.50
Kids Tee: …………NZD$20.00
Longsl Tee:………NZD$71.00

A woman with braids in a grey marle t-shirt featuring an all-over weta print stands beside New Brighton Pier, with the Pacific ocean in the background.

Bluff weta all-over womens

Mens Tee: ………NZD$57.50
Womens Tee: …NZD$57.50
Kids Tee: …………NZD$20.00
Longsl Tee:………NZD$71.00

Close-up of a little girl smiling, wearing a grey marle t-shirt with an all-over weta print, with New Brighton Pier in the background.

Bluff weta all-over: Kids

Kids Tee: …………NZD$20.00
Mens Tee: ………NZD$57.50
Womens Tee: …NZD$57.50
Longsl Tee:………NZD$71.00

Ben, a regular customer at the New Brighton Seaside Market, wearing a grey marle t-shirt with an all-over Bluff weta print, showcasing Shaun Waugh’s Surface Active New Zealand Nature T-shirt stall in Brighton Mall on Saturday mornings.

Bluff Weta all-over: mens

Mens Tee: ………NZD$57.50
Womens Tee: …NZD$57.50
Kids Tee: …………NZD$20.00
Longsl Tee:………NZD$71.00

A man showing his white Surface Active tapa all-over printed t-shirt.

Tapa NZ tee: Mens

Mens Tee: ………NZD$67.50
Womens Tee: …NZD$67.50
Kids Tee: …………NZD$40.00
Longsl Tee:………NZD$81.00

Back view of a young woman wearing a forest green Surface Active Tree fern, New Zealand t-shirt in a studio.

Treefern-punga tee: Womens

Mens Tee: ………NZD$57.50
Womens Tee: …NZD$57.50
Kids Tee: …………NZD$20.00
Longsl Tee:………NZD$71.00

Close-up of a man with a thick beard wearing a Surface Active all-over printed weta New Zealand t-shirt.

Weta all-over tee: Mens at the Surface Active global store

Mens Tee: ………NZD$56.00
Womens Tee: …NZD$56.00
Kids Tee: …………NZD$40.00
Longsl Tee:………NZD$67.50

Custom Printed Tees

Our custom t-shirt orders made at our stall Saturdays at New Brighton Seaside Market, or at our local retail outlet The Creatives Edit, are all now printed and heat-pressed in New Brighton by the designer, Shaun Waugh.

In addition we have two online stores: Surface Active New Zealand-based e-store, their printing facility is located in Papamoa, their prices are in NZD$. The Surface Active Global e-store based in the United States Note: The Global e-store prices for New Zealand visitors are in Australian dollars. (Use code “Perfec” for a 5% discount on global store purchases.)

Why the Variation in our wearable art T-shirt Prices?

  • Unique art, Unique Pricing: For example the two-sided large print ‘Adelie penguins all-over’ design, requires double the area of printing relative to the standard shirt designs with large art on just one side of the shirt, hence the price of the shirt is higher.

Eldee-2 Isle of Man TT Posters

Eldee-2 Velocette racing on the Isle of Man! A set of four posters, hand-signed by the rider Bill Swallow, designed to commemorate the VRNZ, Isle of Man Classic TT 2014 campaign. The action photos feature Bill Swallow whistling round the mountain course aboard Eldee-2. Flying over Ballaugh bridge, rounding the bungalow, and tipping into the Creg.

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