Lindauer Ringa Rehe

Painter of Mana

Tāmati Ngāpora ManuhiriHāmiora TūPare WātenePāora TūhaereAnehanaWiremu Nēra Te AwaitaiaTakerei Te RauangaangaMāori PortraitHākopa Te Ata-o-TūRuka AratapuTe Rangi TopeoraPakewa [previously identified as Te Rangipikinga]Tūhoto ArikiTūkāroto Matutaera Pōtatau Te Wherowhero TāwhiaoAna Rupene and ChildErueti TamaikōhāKamariera Te Hautākiri WharepapaTāraia Ngākuti Te TumuhuiaHōri Kerei Taiaroa [Hon, MLC]Heta Te HaaraTomika Te MutuMāori WomanTaonui HīkakaTukukino Te AhiātaewaHuria MatengaRāpata Wahawaha [Major, NZC]Wiremu Te ManewhaWāhine Weaving KākahuTāmati Wāka NeneDigging with the KōRatene HihitawaKeeta Te KaniRetimana Te ManiaPōmare II, known as Whiria, later Whētoi Pōmare IIThe Tohunga Under TapuTe Hira Te KawauParatene Te ManuTe HāpukuHōne Heke Ngāpua [MHR]Hōri Ngākapa Te WhanaungaWiremu Tako Ngātata [Hon, MLC]Hōri Kīngi Te ĀnauaKai TimeTāmati Pirimona Marino'Happy days' Playing Ruru or FivestonesWaata Kukutai [Major]Te Paea HinerangiPera Te Rangituatahi TūtokoTomika Te Mutu, chief of the Ngaiterangi tribe, Bay of Plenty, New ZealandWīremu Parata Te Kākākura WaipunāhauRēnata Kawepō Tama-ki-HikurangiThe Tohunga Tā Moko at WorkHēnare PōtaeKewene Te HahoTe Horetā Te TaniwhaWahanui Reihana Te HuatareHūria Ngārongoā Kātene MātengaTāmati Wāka Te PuhiĪhaka WhaangaEruera Maihi PatuoneWiremu Tāmihana Tarapīpipi Te WaharoaPāora TūhaereWhitiora Te KumeteMere Kuru Te KatiRewi Manga ManiapotoJames Carroll [Hon, MLC, later Sir]Tōkena Te KerēhiWāhine and Kōhine Making KeteHeeni Hirini and child'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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