Lindauer Ringa Rehe

Painter of Mana

Te Horetā Te TaniwhaTe HāpukuKeeta Te KaniDigging with the KōWhitiora Te KumeteTōkena Te KerēhiĪhaka WhaangaTāmati Ngāpora ManuhiriHuria MatengaWiremu Nēra Te AwaitaiaHōne Heke Ngāpua [MHR]Tāmati Wāka Te PuhiPakewa [previously identified as Te Rangipikinga]Tūkāroto Matutaera Pōtatau Te Wherowhero TāwhiaoJames Carroll [Hon, MLC, later Sir]Kamariera Te Hautākiri WharepapaAnehanaHeta Te HaaraTāraia Ngākuti Te TumuhuiaHeeni Hirini and childTomika Te Mutu, chief of the Ngaiterangi tribe, Bay of Plenty, New ZealandMāori PortraitTāmati Pirimona MarinoHōri Kīngi Te ĀnauaThe Tohunga Under TapuTe Hira Te KawauErueti TamaikōhāHūria Ngārongoā Kātene MātengaRewi Manga ManiapotoWiremu Tako Ngātata [Hon, MLC]Te Paea Hinerangi'Happy days' Playing Ruru or FivestonesRetimana Te ManiaThe Tohunga Tā Moko at WorkHēnare PōtaeRēnata Kawepō Tama-ki-HikurangiPera Te Rangituatahi TūtokoParatene Te ManuRuka AratapuWāhine and Kōhine Making KeteRatene HihitawaWiremu Te ManewhaHāmiora TūEruera Maihi PatuoneWaata Kukutai [Major]Takerei Te RauangaangaHōri Kerei Taiaroa [Hon, MLC]Hōri Ngākapa Te WhanaungaTūhoto ArikiTaonui HīkakaWāhine Weaving KākahuWīremu Parata Te Kākākura WaipunāhauKai TimeMere Kuru Te KatiMāori WomanHākopa Te Ata-o-TūPāora TūhaereAna Rupene and ChildPare WātenePāora TūhaereWiremu Tāmihana Tarapīpipi Te WaharoaRāpata Wahawaha [Major, NZC]Tukukino Te AhiātaewaPōmare II, known as Whiria, later Whētoi Pōmare IITomika Te MutuTāmati Wāka NeneWahanui Reihana Te HuatareTe Rangi TopeoraKewene Te Haho'In days gone by' Fire-Making

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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