Lindauer Ringa Rehe

Painter of Mana

Māori WomanWiremu Tako Ngātata [Hon, MLC]Pāora TūhaereTakerei Te RauangaangaRatene HihitawaRetimana Te ManiaJames Carroll [Hon, MLC, later Sir]Te Horetā Te TaniwhaTe Rangi TopeoraTūkāroto Matutaera Pōtatau Te Wherowhero TāwhiaoTōkena Te KerēhiThe Tohunga Tā Moko at WorkKeeta Te KaniErueti TamaikōhāTāmati Ngāpora ManuhiriTe Paea HinerangiWiremu Nēra Te AwaitaiaWīremu Parata Te Kākākura WaipunāhauMāori PortraitPera Te Rangituatahi TūtokoRāpata Wahawaha [Major, NZC]Wāhine Weaving Kākahu'Happy days' Playing Ruru or FivestonesWāhine and Kōhine Making KeteTāmati Wāka Te PuhiHeeni Hirini and childWaata Kukutai [Major]Te Hira Te KawauTukukino Te AhiātaewaHāmiora TūHūria Ngārongoā Kātene Mātenga'In days gone by' Fire-MakingTomika Te Mutu, chief of the Ngaiterangi tribe, Bay of Plenty, New ZealandTomika Te MutuEruera Maihi PatuoneRuka AratapuMere Kuru Te KatiWahanui Reihana Te HuatareTaonui HīkakaWiremu Te ManewhaKai TimePāora TūhaerePakewa [previously identified as Te Rangipikinga]Kewene Te HahoTūhoto ArikiRēnata Kawepō Tama-ki-HikurangiHōne Heke Ngāpua [MHR]Te HāpukuWhitiora Te KumeteHōri Kīngi Te ĀnauaHēnare PōtaeĪhaka WhaangaTāmati Pirimona MarinoHākopa Te Ata-o-TūPare WātenePōmare II, known as Whiria, later Whētoi Pōmare IIHōri Kerei Taiaroa [Hon, MLC]Kamariera Te Hautākiri WharepapaDigging with the KōTāmati Wāka NeneThe Tohunga Under TapuHōri Ngākapa Te WhanaungaAnehanaTāraia Ngākuti Te TumuhuiaAna Rupene and ChildHeta Te HaaraWiremu Tāmihana Tarapīpipi Te WaharoaHuria MatengaParatene Te ManuRewi Manga Maniapoto

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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