Lindauer Ringa Rehe

Painter of Mana

Whitiora Te KumeteTūkāroto Matutaera Pōtatau Te Wherowhero TāwhiaoTe Horetā Te TaniwhaTukukino Te AhiātaewaTāmati Wāka Te Puhi'In days gone by' Fire-MakingPare WāteneAna Rupene and ChildMāori PortraitHūria Ngārongoā Kātene MātengaĪhaka WhaangaWāhine Weaving KākahuTe HāpukuWiremu Tāmihana Tarapīpipi Te WaharoaErueti TamaikōhāPāora TūhaereTāmati Pirimona MarinoWiremu Te ManewhaWiremu Tako Ngātata [Hon, MLC]Waata Kukutai [Major]Hōri Kīngi Te ĀnauaPakewa [previously identified as Te Rangipikinga]Kamariera Te Hautākiri WharepapaTe Paea HinerangiParatene Te ManuTomika Te MutuHāmiora TūTakerei Te RauangaangaPāora TūhaereRatene HihitawaAnehanaWahanui Reihana Te HuatareHuria MatengaTāraia Ngākuti Te TumuhuiaTāmati Ngāpora ManuhiriKai TimeTāmati Wāka NeneRewi Manga ManiapotoHōne Heke Ngāpua [MHR]Wīremu Parata Te Kākākura WaipunāhauTe Hira Te KawauTaonui HīkakaThe Tohunga Under TapuHākopa Te Ata-o-TūWāhine and Kōhine Making KeteRuka AratapuMāori WomanHōri Ngākapa Te WhanaungaKeeta Te KaniHēnare PōtaeEruera Maihi PatuoneTomika Te Mutu, chief of the Ngaiterangi tribe, Bay of Plenty, New ZealandHōri Kerei Taiaroa [Hon, MLC]Kewene Te HahoThe Tohunga Tā Moko at WorkHeta Te HaaraPōmare II, known as Whiria, later Whētoi Pōmare IIRēnata Kawepō Tama-ki-Hikurangi'Happy days' Playing Ruru or FivestonesTe Rangi TopeoraWiremu Nēra Te AwaitaiaDigging with the KōRāpata Wahawaha [Major, NZC]Tōkena Te KerēhiRetimana Te ManiaJames Carroll [Hon, MLC, later Sir]Tūhoto ArikiMere Kuru Te KatiHeeni Hirini and childPera Te Rangituatahi Tūtoko

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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