Lindauer Ringa Rehe

Painter of Mana

Tomika Te MutuTūkāroto Matutaera Pōtatau Te Wherowhero TāwhiaoHuria MatengaMere Kuru Te KatiMāori PortraitKewene Te HahoTaonui HīkakaHeta Te HaaraHēnare PōtaeWiremu Tako Ngātata [Hon, MLC]Paratene Te ManuMāori WomanEruera Maihi PatuoneWiremu Te ManewhaTāraia Ngākuti Te Tumuhuia'Happy days' Playing Ruru or FivestonesHeeni Hirini and childTāmati Pirimona MarinoErueti TamaikōhāWiremu Tāmihana Tarapīpipi Te WaharoaTe Rangi TopeoraKeeta Te KaniPāora TūhaereTāmati Wāka NeneTe Horetā Te TaniwhaHākopa Te Ata-o-TūWiremu Nēra Te AwaitaiaWāhine Weaving KākahuAna Rupene and ChildRāpata Wahawaha [Major, NZC]Hōri Ngākapa Te WhanaungaWhitiora Te Kumete'In days gone by' Fire-MakingWaata Kukutai [Major]Wīremu Parata Te Kākākura WaipunāhauPakewa [previously identified as Te Rangipikinga]Īhaka WhaangaHūria Ngārongoā Kātene MātengaRuka AratapuThe Tohunga Tā Moko at WorkTūhoto ArikiTāmati Wāka Te PuhiRetimana Te ManiaPera Te Rangituatahi TūtokoTukukino Te AhiātaewaKai TimeTōkena Te KerēhiAnehanaRatene HihitawaTomika Te Mutu, chief of the Ngaiterangi tribe, Bay of Plenty, New ZealandDigging with the KōTe Hira Te KawauPāora TūhaereTakerei Te RauangaangaHōri Kīngi Te ĀnauaRewi Manga ManiapotoThe Tohunga Under TapuRēnata Kawepō Tama-ki-HikurangiHāmiora TūTāmati Ngāpora ManuhiriHōne Heke Ngāpua [MHR]Wahanui Reihana Te HuatarePōmare II, known as Whiria, later Whētoi Pōmare IIJames Carroll [Hon, MLC, later Sir]Te HāpukuKamariera Te Hautākiri WharepapaWāhine and Kōhine Making KeteHōri Kerei Taiaroa [Hon, MLC]Te Paea HinerangiPare Wātene

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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