Lindauer Ringa Rehe

Painter of Mana

AnehanaHēnare PōtaeTe Horetā Te TaniwhaPakewa [previously identified as Te Rangipikinga]Paratene Te ManuRāpata Wahawaha [Major, NZC]Takerei Te RauangaangaHōne Heke Ngāpua [MHR]Māori WomanDigging with the KōPāora TūhaereTe Rangi TopeoraWhitiora Te KumeteWāhine Weaving KākahuTe Paea HinerangiTaonui HīkakaWiremu Tako Ngātata [Hon, MLC]James Carroll [Hon, MLC, later Sir]Hūria Ngārongoā Kātene MātengaTomika Te MutuTukukino Te Ahiātaewa'Happy days' Playing Ruru or FivestonesKeeta Te KaniWaata Kukutai [Major]Tāmati Pirimona MarinoTāmati Wāka Te PuhiHuria MatengaTāmati Wāka NeneTe Hira Te KawauPera Te Rangituatahi TūtokoRatene HihitawaWiremu Tāmihana Tarapīpipi Te WaharoaHōri Ngākapa Te WhanaungaRēnata Kawepō Tama-ki-HikurangiHōri Kerei Taiaroa [Hon, MLC]Kai TimeKamariera Te Hautākiri WharepapaWahanui Reihana Te HuatareThe Tohunga Under TapuHāmiora TūĪhaka WhaangaWiremu Te ManewhaTomika Te Mutu, chief of the Ngaiterangi tribe, Bay of Plenty, New ZealandPāora TūhaereErueti TamaikōhāWiremu Nēra Te AwaitaiaPōmare II, known as Whiria, later Whētoi Pōmare IIRuka AratapuTe Hāpuku'In days gone by' Fire-MakingWīremu Parata Te Kākākura WaipunāhauRewi Manga ManiapotoTūkāroto Matutaera Pōtatau Te Wherowhero TāwhiaoPare WāteneThe Tohunga Tā Moko at WorkTāmati Ngāpora ManuhiriAna Rupene and ChildTūhoto ArikiHākopa Te Ata-o-TūMere Kuru Te KatiMāori PortraitRetimana Te ManiaKewene Te HahoEruera Maihi PatuoneWāhine and Kōhine Making KeteTōkena Te KerēhiHeta Te HaaraHōri Kīngi Te ĀnauaTāraia Ngākuti Te TumuhuiaHeeni Hirini and child

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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