Lindauer Ringa Rehe

Painter of Mana

Te Hira Te Kawau'Happy days' Playing Ruru or FivestonesTāmati Wāka Te PuhiParatene Te ManuKewene Te HahoWaata Kukutai [Major]Digging with the KōTukukino Te AhiātaewaTāmati Ngāpora ManuhiriThe Tohunga Tā Moko at WorkErueti TamaikōhāJames Carroll [Hon, MLC, later Sir]Te HāpukuTāraia Ngākuti Te TumuhuiaHeeni Hirini and childWiremu Te ManewhaRatene HihitawaHōne Heke Ngāpua [MHR]Tomika Te MutuHēnare PōtaeAna Rupene and ChildRuka AratapuAnehanaTāmati Wāka NeneĪhaka WhaangaWahanui Reihana Te HuatareRewi Manga ManiapotoHākopa Te Ata-o-TūThe Tohunga Under TapuPōmare II, known as Whiria, later Whētoi Pōmare IIKamariera Te Hautākiri WharepapaMere Kuru Te KatiWiremu Tako Ngātata [Hon, MLC]Taonui HīkakaWhitiora Te KumeteKeeta Te KaniPāora TūhaereTāmati Pirimona Marino'In days gone by' Fire-MakingWīremu Parata Te Kākākura WaipunāhauHōri Kerei Taiaroa [Hon, MLC]Hūria Ngārongoā Kātene MātengaEruera Maihi PatuoneTomika Te Mutu, chief of the Ngaiterangi tribe, Bay of Plenty, New ZealandWāhine Weaving KākahuRāpata Wahawaha [Major, NZC]Māori PortraitTūhoto ArikiWāhine and Kōhine Making KeteTakerei Te RauangaangaRetimana Te ManiaWiremu Nēra Te AwaitaiaTe Rangi TopeoraTe Horetā Te TaniwhaRēnata Kawepō Tama-ki-HikurangiPāora TūhaereTūkāroto Matutaera Pōtatau Te Wherowhero TāwhiaoHāmiora TūPakewa [previously identified as Te Rangipikinga]Tōkena Te KerēhiHōri Ngākapa Te WhanaungaPera Te Rangituatahi TūtokoTe Paea HinerangiHōri Kīngi Te ĀnauaPare WāteneMāori WomanHeta Te HaaraWiremu Tāmihana Tarapīpipi Te WaharoaHuria MatengaKai Time

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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