Lindauer Ringa Rehe

Painter of Mana

Ruka AratapuDigging with the KōWhitiora Te KumeteTukukino Te AhiātaewaPōmare II, known as Whiria, later Whētoi Pōmare IITāmati Wāka Te PuhiRāpata Wahawaha [Major, NZC]Te Paea HinerangiAna Rupene and ChildHākopa Te Ata-o-TūTūkāroto Matutaera Pōtatau Te Wherowhero TāwhiaoTe Rangi TopeoraParatene Te ManuMāori WomanPare WāteneRēnata Kawepō Tama-ki-HikurangiHōri Kīngi Te ĀnauaKai TimeWāhine and Kōhine Making KeteWiremu Nēra Te AwaitaiaMere Kuru Te KatiErueti TamaikōhāTāmati Wāka NeneTe Hira Te KawauRewi Manga Maniapoto'In days gone by' Fire-Making'Happy days' Playing Ruru or FivestonesTomika Te Mutu, chief of the Ngaiterangi tribe, Bay of Plenty, New ZealandTāmati Pirimona MarinoAnehanaHēnare PōtaeTe HāpukuTōkena Te KerēhiRatene HihitawaPakewa [previously identified as Te Rangipikinga]Wāhine Weaving KākahuKewene Te HahoWīremu Parata Te Kākākura WaipunāhauTe Horetā Te TaniwhaThe Tohunga Tā Moko at WorkHūria Ngārongoā Kātene MātengaHōne Heke Ngāpua [MHR]Keeta Te KaniTakerei Te RauangaangaPera Te Rangituatahi TūtokoWiremu Te ManewhaTaonui HīkakaWiremu Tāmihana Tarapīpipi Te WaharoaTāraia Ngākuti Te TumuhuiaĪhaka WhaangaPāora TūhaereTomika Te MutuWiremu Tako Ngātata [Hon, MLC]Māori PortraitWaata Kukutai [Major]James Carroll [Hon, MLC, later Sir]Hōri Ngākapa Te WhanaungaThe Tohunga Under TapuTūhoto ArikiHuria MatengaHeeni Hirini and childEruera Maihi PatuoneHōri Kerei Taiaroa [Hon, MLC]Retimana Te ManiaHeta Te HaaraTāmati Ngāpora ManuhiriPāora TūhaereWahanui Reihana Te HuatareHāmiora TūKamariera Te Hautākiri Wharepapa

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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