Lindauer Ringa Rehe

Painter of Mana

Pāora TūhaereThe Tohunga Tā Moko at Work'In days gone by' Fire-MakingPare WāteneHeta Te HaaraThe Tohunga Under TapuErueti TamaikōhāTomika Te Mutu, chief of the Ngaiterangi tribe, Bay of Plenty, New ZealandKeeta Te KaniWahanui Reihana Te HuatareTukukino Te AhiātaewaTakerei Te Rauangaanga'Happy days' Playing Ruru or FivestonesWiremu Te ManewhaPera Te Rangituatahi TūtokoPōmare II, known as Whiria, later Whētoi Pōmare IIWiremu Tako Ngātata [Hon, MLC]Māori PortraitWāhine Weaving KākahuTomika Te MutuTūkāroto Matutaera Pōtatau Te Wherowhero TāwhiaoTūhoto ArikiHuria MatengaTāmati Ngāpora ManuhiriTe Rangi TopeoraRewi Manga ManiapotoEruera Maihi PatuoneTe Paea HinerangiWiremu Tāmihana Tarapīpipi Te WaharoaTāmati Pirimona MarinoWiremu Nēra Te AwaitaiaHūria Ngārongoā Kātene MātengaTe Hira Te KawauHākopa Te Ata-o-TūTe Horetā Te TaniwhaTāmati Wāka NeneKamariera Te Hautākiri WharepapaKai TimePāora TūhaereMere Kuru Te KatiTāmati Wāka Te PuhiPakewa [previously identified as Te Rangipikinga]Hāmiora TūRetimana Te ManiaTe HāpukuWhitiora Te KumeteRāpata Wahawaha [Major, NZC]Ruka AratapuTōkena Te KerēhiAnehanaHēnare PōtaeAna Rupene and ChildTāraia Ngākuti Te TumuhuiaHōne Heke Ngāpua [MHR]Waata Kukutai [Major]Māori WomanKewene Te HahoHōri Kīngi Te ĀnauaWīremu Parata Te Kākākura WaipunāhauĪhaka WhaangaJames Carroll [Hon, MLC, later Sir]Digging with the KōRatene HihitawaHōri Ngākapa Te WhanaungaParatene Te ManuWāhine and Kōhine Making KeteHeeni Hirini and childRēnata Kawepō Tama-ki-HikurangiTaonui HīkakaHōri Kerei Taiaroa [Hon, MLC]

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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