Lindauer Ringa Rehe

Painter of Mana

Whitiora Te KumeteRewi Manga ManiapotoTe Paea HinerangiEruera Maihi PatuoneHeeni Hirini and childTukukino Te AhiātaewaKeeta Te KaniPakewa [previously identified as Te Rangipikinga]Huria MatengaTāmati Pirimona MarinoTaonui HīkakaWiremu Nēra Te AwaitaiaErueti TamaikōhāHākopa Te Ata-o-TūTūkāroto Matutaera Pōtatau Te Wherowhero Tāwhiao'In days gone by' Fire-MakingMāori WomanTakerei Te RauangaangaPare Wātene'Happy days' Playing Ruru or FivestonesWahanui Reihana Te HuatareTāmati Ngāpora ManuhiriMāori PortraitTomika Te Mutu, chief of the Ngaiterangi tribe, Bay of Plenty, New ZealandRāpata Wahawaha [Major, NZC]Digging with the KōRuka AratapuAnehanaWaata Kukutai [Major]Hūria Ngārongoā Kātene MātengaKewene Te HahoWiremu Te ManewhaTe Hira Te KawauRetimana Te ManiaĪhaka WhaangaParatene Te ManuHēnare PōtaeTāmati Wāka NeneTe HāpukuRatene HihitawaTāmati Wāka Te PuhiTōkena Te KerēhiTe Rangi TopeoraKamariera Te Hautākiri WharepapaThe Tohunga Under TapuHōri Kerei Taiaroa [Hon, MLC]Pōmare II, known as Whiria, later Whētoi Pōmare IIPāora TūhaereAna Rupene and ChildTāraia Ngākuti Te TumuhuiaThe Tohunga Tā Moko at WorkTe Horetā Te TaniwhaWiremu Tako Ngātata [Hon, MLC]Rēnata Kawepō Tama-ki-HikurangiJames Carroll [Hon, MLC, later Sir]Wīremu Parata Te Kākākura WaipunāhauWāhine and Kōhine Making KeteHōri Kīngi Te ĀnauaTūhoto ArikiWiremu Tāmihana Tarapīpipi Te WaharoaHōne Heke Ngāpua [MHR]Pāora TūhaerePera Te Rangituatahi TūtokoHāmiora TūHeta Te HaaraWāhine Weaving KākahuTomika Te MutuKai TimeMere Kuru Te KatiHōri Ngākapa Te Whanaunga

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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