Lindauer Ringa Rehe

Painter of Mana

Tāmati Wāka NeneHōne Heke Ngāpua [MHR]Digging with the KōTāmati Wāka Te PuhiThe Tohunga Under TapuTūkāroto Matutaera Pōtatau Te Wherowhero TāwhiaoRetimana Te ManiaPera Te Rangituatahi TūtokoWiremu Te ManewhaĪhaka WhaangaTomika Te Mutu, chief of the Ngaiterangi tribe, Bay of Plenty, New ZealandRēnata Kawepō Tama-ki-HikurangiHōri Kerei Taiaroa [Hon, MLC]Tōkena Te KerēhiTe HāpukuRewi Manga ManiapotoHeeni Hirini and childThe Tohunga Tā Moko at WorkTe Paea HinerangiAnehanaHākopa Te Ata-o-TūPāora TūhaereMāori PortraitPakewa [previously identified as Te Rangipikinga]Ana Rupene and ChildPāora TūhaereKai TimeKamariera Te Hautākiri WharepapaRāpata Wahawaha [Major, NZC]Takerei Te RauangaangaHōri Kīngi Te ĀnauaWāhine and Kōhine Making KeteTe Hira Te KawauWiremu Tako Ngātata [Hon, MLC]Hōri Ngākapa Te WhanaungaErueti TamaikōhāWīremu Parata Te Kākākura WaipunāhauWaata Kukutai [Major]Taonui HīkakaWiremu Tāmihana Tarapīpipi Te WaharoaParatene Te ManuHuria MatengaWhitiora Te KumeteTūhoto ArikiMere Kuru Te KatiJames Carroll [Hon, MLC, later Sir]Tomika Te MutuTukukino Te AhiātaewaRatene HihitawaPōmare II, known as Whiria, later Whētoi Pōmare IIKewene Te HahoWāhine Weaving KākahuTe Rangi TopeoraHāmiora TūTe Horetā Te TaniwhaMāori WomanHēnare PōtaeEruera Maihi Patuone'Happy days' Playing Ruru or FivestonesRuka AratapuWiremu Nēra Te AwaitaiaHūria Ngārongoā Kātene MātengaTāmati Pirimona MarinoTāmati Ngāpora ManuhiriHeta Te Haara'In days gone by' Fire-MakingPare WāteneTāraia Ngākuti Te TumuhuiaWahanui Reihana Te HuatareKeeta Te Kani

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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