Lindauer Ringa Rehe

Painter of Mana

Tāraia Ngākuti Te TumuhuiaHōri Ngākapa Te WhanaungaHāmiora TūTūhoto ArikiHūria Ngārongoā Kātene MātengaMāori PortraitRewi Manga ManiapotoDigging with the KōPakewa [previously identified as Te Rangipikinga]Hōri Kerei Taiaroa [Hon, MLC]Hōri Kīngi Te ĀnauaTe Rangi TopeoraWaata Kukutai [Major]Ruka AratapuPera Te Rangituatahi Tūtoko'Happy days' Playing Ruru or FivestonesMere Kuru Te KatiTukukino Te AhiātaewaTe Hira Te KawauRetimana Te ManiaWāhine Weaving KākahuAna Rupene and ChildĪhaka WhaangaKai TimeHōne Heke Ngāpua [MHR]Wiremu Tāmihana Tarapīpipi Te WaharoaTāmati Wāka NeneThe Tohunga Tā Moko at WorkKeeta Te KaniTāmati Pirimona MarinoTaonui HīkakaThe Tohunga Under TapuWiremu Nēra Te AwaitaiaParatene Te ManuMāori WomanHēnare PōtaeHeta Te HaaraAnehanaTāmati Wāka Te PuhiRēnata Kawepō Tama-ki-HikurangiRatene HihitawaPāora TūhaerePōmare II, known as Whiria, later Whētoi Pōmare IIKewene Te HahoHeeni Hirini and child'In days gone by' Fire-MakingJames Carroll [Hon, MLC, later Sir]Wāhine and Kōhine Making KeteRāpata Wahawaha [Major, NZC]Pare WāteneWhitiora Te KumeteHākopa Te Ata-o-TūTūkāroto Matutaera Pōtatau Te Wherowhero TāwhiaoTe Paea HinerangiKamariera Te Hautākiri WharepapaWiremu Tako Ngātata [Hon, MLC]Wīremu Parata Te Kākākura WaipunāhauWahanui Reihana Te HuatareEruera Maihi PatuoneTōkena Te KerēhiTe Horetā Te TaniwhaTakerei Te RauangaangaWiremu Te ManewhaTe HāpukuTomika Te MutuTāmati Ngāpora ManuhiriErueti TamaikōhāPāora TūhaereHuria MatengaTomika Te Mutu, chief of the Ngaiterangi tribe, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand

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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