Lindauer Ringa Rehe

Painter of Mana

Ratene HihitawaTāraia Ngākuti Te TumuhuiaRāpata Wahawaha [Major, NZC]Hōne Heke Ngāpua [MHR]'In days gone by' Fire-MakingHēnare PōtaeTōkena Te KerēhiWiremu Tako Ngātata [Hon, MLC]The Tohunga Tā Moko at WorkWhitiora Te KumeteWāhine Weaving KākahuKamariera Te Hautākiri WharepapaHōri Kerei Taiaroa [Hon, MLC]Heeni Hirini and childHākopa Te Ata-o-TūMere Kuru Te KatiTe Hira Te KawauPare WāteneTe Rangi TopeoraRuka AratapuKewene Te HahoTūhoto ArikiEruera Maihi PatuoneTe Paea HinerangiHōri Ngākapa Te WhanaungaTe Horetā Te TaniwhaPakewa [previously identified as Te Rangipikinga]Rewi Manga ManiapotoWāhine and Kōhine Making KeteMāori WomanAna Rupene and ChildPera Te Rangituatahi TūtokoWīremu Parata Te Kākākura WaipunāhauAnehanaTāmati Pirimona MarinoHuria MatengaHūria Ngārongoā Kātene MātengaRetimana Te ManiaHōri Kīngi Te ĀnauaWiremu Te ManewhaTomika Te Mutu, chief of the Ngaiterangi tribe, Bay of Plenty, New ZealandPāora TūhaereDigging with the KōWiremu Nēra Te AwaitaiaPōmare II, known as Whiria, later Whētoi Pōmare IIJames Carroll [Hon, MLC, later Sir]Heta Te HaaraTe HāpukuTukukino Te AhiātaewaRēnata Kawepō Tama-ki-HikurangiTāmati Ngāpora ManuhiriErueti TamaikōhāTāmati Wāka NeneMāori PortraitPāora Tūhaere'Happy days' Playing Ruru or FivestonesThe Tohunga Under TapuKai TimeTomika Te MutuHāmiora TūParatene Te ManuTakerei Te RauangaangaWahanui Reihana Te HuatareĪhaka WhaangaTūkāroto Matutaera Pōtatau Te Wherowhero TāwhiaoWaata Kukutai [Major]Tāmati Wāka Te PuhiWiremu Tāmihana Tarapīpipi Te WaharoaKeeta Te KaniTaonui Hīkaka

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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