Lindauer Ringa Rehe

Painter of Mana

Kai TimeHākopa Te Ata-o-TūHōri Kerei Taiaroa [Hon, MLC]Te Rangi TopeoraTūkāroto Matutaera Pōtatau Te Wherowhero TāwhiaoRatene HihitawaHōri Ngākapa Te WhanaungaTe Horetā Te TaniwhaHāmiora TūParatene Te ManuTōkena Te KerēhiHeta Te HaaraPera Te Rangituatahi TūtokoAnehanaKamariera Te Hautākiri WharepapaMāori WomanRewi Manga ManiapotoPōmare II, known as Whiria, later Whētoi Pōmare IIRāpata Wahawaha [Major, NZC]Tāmati Wāka Te PuhiHūria Ngārongoā Kātene MātengaEruera Maihi PatuoneWīremu Parata Te Kākākura WaipunāhauHōne Heke Ngāpua [MHR]Tāmati Ngāpora ManuhiriTaonui HīkakaTāraia Ngākuti Te TumuhuiaWāhine Weaving KākahuHuria MatengaTe HāpukuKewene Te HahoThe Tohunga Tā Moko at WorkWiremu Tako Ngātata [Hon, MLC]Digging with the KōTomika Te Mutu, chief of the Ngaiterangi tribe, Bay of Plenty, New ZealandTakerei Te RauangaangaTukukino Te AhiātaewaPāora TūhaereTāmati Wāka NeneKeeta Te Kani'In days gone by' Fire-MakingRetimana Te ManiaMere Kuru Te KatiJames Carroll [Hon, MLC, later Sir]Hōri Kīngi Te ĀnauaTomika Te MutuWiremu Nēra Te AwaitaiaPakewa [previously identified as Te Rangipikinga]Waata Kukutai [Major]Wāhine and Kōhine Making KeteWiremu Tāmihana Tarapīpipi Te WaharoaWhitiora Te KumeteTe Paea HinerangiĪhaka WhaangaHeeni Hirini and child'Happy days' Playing Ruru or FivestonesPāora TūhaereRuka AratapuWahanui Reihana Te HuatareHēnare PōtaeThe Tohunga Under TapuMāori PortraitPare WāteneErueti TamaikōhāRēnata Kawepō Tama-ki-HikurangiAna Rupene and ChildTūhoto ArikiTāmati Pirimona MarinoTe Hira Te KawauWiremu Te Manewha

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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