Lindauer Ringa Rehe

Painter of Mana

Te Rangi TopeoraJames Carroll [Hon, MLC, later Sir]Te Paea HinerangiTāmati Ngāpora Manuhiri'Happy days' Playing Ruru or FivestonesTomika Te MutuHōne Heke Ngāpua [MHR]Kamariera Te Hautākiri WharepapaWhitiora Te KumeteHōri Ngākapa Te WhanaungaWaata Kukutai [Major]Wiremu Te ManewhaPōmare II, known as Whiria, later Whētoi Pōmare IIHūria Ngārongoā Kātene MātengaHāmiora TūHeeni Hirini and childWahanui Reihana Te Huatare'In days gone by' Fire-MakingTāmati Wāka Te PuhiTukukino Te AhiātaewaHuria MatengaTāmati Pirimona MarinoTūkāroto Matutaera Pōtatau Te Wherowhero TāwhiaoKai TimeWāhine Weaving KākahuKewene Te HahoRatene HihitawaWāhine and Kōhine Making KeteThe Tohunga Tā Moko at WorkTakerei Te RauangaangaHōri Kerei Taiaroa [Hon, MLC]Hākopa Te Ata-o-TūRāpata Wahawaha [Major, NZC]Māori WomanWīremu Parata Te Kākākura WaipunāhauAnehanaTomika Te Mutu, chief of the Ngaiterangi tribe, Bay of Plenty, New ZealandPare WāteneTāraia Ngākuti Te TumuhuiaThe Tohunga Under TapuKeeta Te KaniHōri Kīngi Te ĀnauaWiremu Nēra Te AwaitaiaRuka AratapuTe Hira Te KawauErueti TamaikōhāDigging with the KōEruera Maihi PatuoneTe Horetā Te TaniwhaPāora TūhaereMāori PortraitPera Te Rangituatahi TūtokoPāora TūhaereTūhoto ArikiAna Rupene and ChildParatene Te ManuRewi Manga ManiapotoTaonui HīkakaPakewa [previously identified as Te Rangipikinga]Retimana Te ManiaTe HāpukuMere Kuru Te KatiHeta Te HaaraTōkena Te KerēhiRēnata Kawepō Tama-ki-HikurangiHēnare PōtaeWiremu Tako Ngātata [Hon, MLC]Tāmati Wāka NeneĪhaka WhaangaWiremu Tāmihana Tarapīpipi Te Waharoa

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. 

Pukapuka Manuhiri

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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