Lindauer Ringa Rehe

Painter of Mana

Waata Kukutai [Major]Ana Rupene and ChildTe Paea HinerangiThe Tohunga Under TapuTōkena Te KerēhiTomika Te Mutu, chief of the Ngaiterangi tribe, Bay of Plenty, New ZealandHeta Te HaaraTāraia Ngākuti Te TumuhuiaWīremu Parata Te Kākākura WaipunāhauTakerei Te RauangaangaKamariera Te Hautākiri WharepapaTāmati Wāka NeneRewi Manga ManiapotoTāmati Ngāpora ManuhiriRetimana Te ManiaPare WāteneTāmati Wāka Te PuhiPāora TūhaereHeeni Hirini and childThe Tohunga Tā Moko at WorkHāmiora TūDigging with the KōHēnare PōtaeRāpata Wahawaha [Major, NZC]Pōmare II, known as Whiria, later Whētoi Pōmare IIMere Kuru Te KatiWiremu Te ManewhaWiremu Nēra Te AwaitaiaWiremu Tako Ngātata [Hon, MLC]Māori WomanTūhoto ArikiParatene Te ManuHōne Heke Ngāpua [MHR]Hōri Kīngi Te ĀnauaMāori PortraitPakewa [previously identified as Te Rangipikinga]Pera Te Rangituatahi TūtokoTe Hira Te KawauErueti TamaikōhāTūkāroto Matutaera Pōtatau Te Wherowhero TāwhiaoWāhine and Kōhine Making KeteHōri Kerei Taiaroa [Hon, MLC]Taonui HīkakaĪhaka WhaangaHūria Ngārongoā Kātene MātengaHākopa Te Ata-o-TūWāhine Weaving KākahuRatene HihitawaTukukino Te AhiātaewaTe Rangi TopeoraTāmati Pirimona MarinoHōri Ngākapa Te WhanaungaPāora TūhaereTe Horetā Te Taniwha'Happy days' Playing Ruru or FivestonesHuria MatengaJames Carroll [Hon, MLC, later Sir]Ruka AratapuRēnata Kawepō Tama-ki-Hikurangi'In days gone by' Fire-MakingWiremu Tāmihana Tarapīpipi Te WaharoaWhitiora Te KumeteTomika Te MutuAnehanaKeeta Te KaniTe HāpukuKai TimeWahanui Reihana Te HuatareKewene Te HahoEruera Maihi Patuone

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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