Lindauer Ringa Rehe

Painter of Mana

Rewi Manga ManiapotoTāraia Ngākuti Te TumuhuiaTakerei Te RauangaangaDigging with the KōRatene HihitawaHēnare PōtaeTūkāroto Matutaera Pōtatau Te Wherowhero TāwhiaoThe Tohunga Tā Moko at WorkTomika Te Mutu, chief of the Ngaiterangi tribe, Bay of Plenty, New ZealandHeta Te HaaraPāora TūhaereWiremu Tako Ngātata [Hon, MLC]Wīremu Parata Te Kākākura WaipunāhauTāmati Wāka Te PuhiTe Rangi TopeoraKeeta Te KaniTāmati Ngāpora ManuhiriTomika Te MutuWāhine and Kōhine Making KetePāora TūhaereHōne Heke Ngāpua [MHR]James Carroll [Hon, MLC, later Sir]Wiremu Te ManewhaTukukino Te AhiātaewaHāmiora TūParatene Te ManuWahanui Reihana Te HuatarePera Te Rangituatahi TūtokoHūria Ngārongoā Kātene MātengaRāpata Wahawaha [Major, NZC]Eruera Maihi PatuoneWiremu Tāmihana Tarapīpipi Te WaharoaThe Tohunga Under TapuWāhine Weaving KākahuTāmati Wāka NeneRetimana Te ManiaKai TimeRēnata Kawepō Tama-ki-HikurangiHākopa Te Ata-o-TūWaata Kukutai [Major]Taonui HīkakaKewene Te HahoTe HāpukuTe Paea Hinerangi'In days gone by' Fire-MakingKamariera Te Hautākiri WharepapaMere Kuru Te KatiMāori WomanPōmare II, known as Whiria, later Whētoi Pōmare IIErueti TamaikōhāPare Wātene'Happy days' Playing Ruru or FivestonesMāori PortraitPakewa [previously identified as Te Rangipikinga]Ruka AratapuHōri Ngākapa Te WhanaungaTōkena Te KerēhiHeeni Hirini and childTūhoto ArikiĪhaka WhaangaHuria MatengaAnehanaTe Horetā Te TaniwhaWiremu Nēra Te AwaitaiaTāmati Pirimona MarinoHōri Kerei Taiaroa [Hon, MLC]Hōri Kīngi Te ĀnauaAna Rupene and ChildTe Hira Te KawauWhitiora Te Kumete

Welcome to Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki’s website dedicated to Gottfried Lindauer’s celebrated portraits of 19th century Māori rangatira: men and women who continue to inspire today. This is a place for their stories.

We invite you to explore their fascinating histories along with Lindauer’s other paintings imagining Māori life.

Read the heartfelt comments of Māori tūpuna and viewers in the Visitors’ Book, listen to interviews with descendants, learn about how Lindauer made the paintings, and contribute your comments and engage in discussion. 

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Visitors' Book

The Lindauer Art Gallery Māori Visitors’ Book is a remarkable document. Spanning the years 1901 to 1918, it contains hundreds of poignant comments written in te reo Māori by visitors to the gallery.

This extraordinary record provides a window into Māori engagement with their tūpuna through the Partridge Collection. See their handwritten stories, and read the original responses or their translations.

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