Lindauer Ringa Rehe

Painter of Mana

Tūhoto ArikiKamariera Te Hautākiri WharepapaTāraia Ngākuti Te TumuhuiaWiremu Tāmihana Tarapīpipi Te WaharoaWāhine and Kōhine Making KeteParatene Te ManuTāmati Wāka NeneTukukino Te AhiātaewaHeta Te HaaraWiremu Te ManewhaDigging with the KōPāora TūhaereRatene HihitawaPāora TūhaereEruera Maihi PatuoneHākopa Te Ata-o-TūTakerei Te RauangaangaAnehanaKai TimeRewi Manga ManiapotoRuka AratapuKewene Te HahoMāori WomanRetimana Te ManiaErueti TamaikōhāPakewa [previously identified as Te Rangipikinga]Hōri Kīngi Te ĀnauaWhitiora Te KumeteĪhaka WhaangaHōri Kerei Taiaroa [Hon, MLC]The Tohunga Tā Moko at WorkTaonui HīkakaTomika Te MutuTōkena Te KerēhiMāori Portrait'Happy days' Playing Ruru or FivestonesThe Tohunga Under TapuWiremu Tako Ngātata [Hon, MLC]Wiremu Nēra Te AwaitaiaWāhine Weaving KākahuMere Kuru Te Kati'In days gone by' Fire-MakingHāmiora TūPera Te Rangituatahi TūtokoTe Hira Te KawauRāpata Wahawaha [Major, NZC]Hēnare PōtaeWīremu Parata Te Kākākura WaipunāhauTomika Te Mutu, chief of the Ngaiterangi tribe, Bay of Plenty, New ZealandTe Paea HinerangiWaata Kukutai [Major]Hūria Ngārongoā Kātene MātengaTāmati Ngāpora ManuhiriPōmare II, known as Whiria, later Whētoi Pōmare IITe Horetā Te TaniwhaKeeta Te KaniHōne Heke Ngāpua [MHR]Heeni Hirini and childRēnata Kawepō Tama-ki-HikurangiTe HāpukuTāmati Pirimona MarinoTāmati Wāka Te PuhiHōri Ngākapa Te WhanaungaTūkāroto Matutaera Pōtatau Te Wherowhero TāwhiaoWahanui Reihana Te HuatareJames Carroll [Hon, MLC, later Sir]Pare WāteneAna Rupene and ChildTe Rangi TopeoraHuria Matenga

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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