Lindauer Ringa Rehe

Painter of Mana

Heta Te HaaraTomika Te Mutu, chief of the Ngaiterangi tribe, Bay of Plenty, New ZealandHōri Kīngi Te Ānaua'In days gone by' Fire-MakingTūkāroto Matutaera Pōtatau Te Wherowhero TāwhiaoTāmati Pirimona MarinoTāmati Wāka Te PuhiWahanui Reihana Te HuatareTomika Te MutuThe Tohunga Tā Moko at WorkTūhoto ArikiWiremu Tāmihana Tarapīpipi Te Waharoa'Happy days' Playing Ruru or FivestonesErueti TamaikōhāWiremu Tako Ngātata [Hon, MLC]Pāora TūhaereRatene HihitawaRewi Manga ManiapotoWāhine Weaving KākahuPōmare II, known as Whiria, later Whētoi Pōmare IIWiremu Te ManewhaTaonui HīkakaTe Hira Te KawauPāora TūhaereTe Horetā Te TaniwhaTāmati Wāka NeneHūria Ngārongoā Kātene MātengaKeeta Te KaniTe HāpukuHēnare PōtaeThe Tohunga Under TapuKai TimeHōri Kerei Taiaroa [Hon, MLC]Huria MatengaTukukino Te AhiātaewaTāraia Ngākuti Te TumuhuiaMere Kuru Te KatiRuka AratapuĪhaka WhaangaPakewa [previously identified as Te Rangipikinga]Digging with the KōRēnata Kawepō Tama-ki-HikurangiTāmati Ngāpora ManuhiriTe Paea HinerangiKewene Te HahoEruera Maihi PatuoneAna Rupene and ChildWiremu Nēra Te AwaitaiaPare WāteneMāori WomanTakerei Te RauangaangaHōne Heke Ngāpua [MHR]AnehanaWhitiora Te KumeteKamariera Te Hautākiri WharepapaPera Te Rangituatahi TūtokoHākopa Te Ata-o-TūHōri Ngākapa Te WhanaungaMāori PortraitRāpata Wahawaha [Major, NZC]Paratene Te ManuWāhine and Kōhine Making KeteJames Carroll [Hon, MLC, later Sir]Te Rangi TopeoraHeeni Hirini and childHāmiora TūWīremu Parata Te Kākākura WaipunāhauWaata Kukutai [Major]Retimana Te ManiaTōkena Te Kerēhi

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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