Lindauer Ringa Rehe

Painter of Mana

Eruera Maihi PatuonePāora TūhaereHāmiora Tū'In days gone by' Fire-MakingWhitiora Te KumeteKewene Te HahoWaata Kukutai [Major]Ruka AratapuTaonui HīkakaAna Rupene and ChildHēnare PōtaeErueti TamaikōhāWiremu Nēra Te AwaitaiaPāora TūhaereWīremu Parata Te Kākākura WaipunāhauTe Paea HinerangiParatene Te ManuMere Kuru Te KatiTe Horetā Te TaniwhaTukukino Te AhiātaewaTūkāroto Matutaera Pōtatau Te Wherowhero TāwhiaoRatene HihitawaRāpata Wahawaha [Major, NZC]Pakewa [previously identified as Te Rangipikinga]Rēnata Kawepō Tama-ki-HikurangiDigging with the KōHōne Heke Ngāpua [MHR]Te Rangi TopeoraWiremu Te ManewhaTe Hira Te KawauJames Carroll [Hon, MLC, later Sir]Hūria Ngārongoā Kātene MātengaTakerei Te RauangaangaTomika Te MutuTūhoto ArikiTomika Te Mutu, chief of the Ngaiterangi tribe, Bay of Plenty, New ZealandHeta Te HaaraTāmati Wāka Te PuhiKai TimeRewi Manga Maniapoto'Happy days' Playing Ruru or FivestonesHōri Kīngi Te ĀnauaHākopa Te Ata-o-TūTōkena Te KerēhiWahanui Reihana Te HuatareTāmati Pirimona MarinoPōmare II, known as Whiria, later Whētoi Pōmare IIWāhine and Kōhine Making KeteTāmati Ngāpora ManuhiriPare WāteneThe Tohunga Under TapuAnehanaTāmati Wāka NeneThe Tohunga Tā Moko at WorkPera Te Rangituatahi TūtokoHuria MatengaMāori PortraitWāhine Weaving KākahuRetimana Te ManiaKamariera Te Hautākiri WharepapaHeeni Hirini and childTāraia Ngākuti Te TumuhuiaHōri Kerei Taiaroa [Hon, MLC]Wiremu Tāmihana Tarapīpipi Te WaharoaHōri Ngākapa Te WhanaungaWiremu Tako Ngātata [Hon, MLC]Māori WomanTe HāpukuKeeta Te KaniĪhaka Whaanga

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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