Lindauer Ringa Rehe

Painter of Mana

Te Rangi TopeoraTomika Te Mutu, chief of the Ngaiterangi tribe, Bay of Plenty, New ZealandMāori PortraitHeta Te HaaraWīremu Parata Te Kākākura WaipunāhauPera Te Rangituatahi TūtokoHāmiora TūAna Rupene and ChildPōmare II, known as Whiria, later Whētoi Pōmare IIThe Tohunga Under Tapu'Happy days' Playing Ruru or FivestonesHākopa Te Ata-o-TūTūhoto ArikiTūkāroto Matutaera Pōtatau Te Wherowhero TāwhiaoWiremu Tāmihana Tarapīpipi Te WaharoaWiremu Nēra Te Awaitaia'In days gone by' Fire-MakingRetimana Te ManiaRēnata Kawepō Tama-ki-HikurangiHōri Kīngi Te ĀnauaHūria Ngārongoā Kātene MātengaPāora TūhaereKamariera Te Hautākiri WharepapaTāmati Pirimona MarinoWāhine Weaving KākahuKeeta Te KaniTāmati Wāka Te PuhiHuria MatengaWiremu Tako Ngātata [Hon, MLC]Kewene Te HahoWāhine and Kōhine Making KeteTāraia Ngākuti Te TumuhuiaParatene Te ManuRewi Manga ManiapotoHeeni Hirini and childRatene HihitawaTe HāpukuPakewa [previously identified as Te Rangipikinga]Te Horetā Te TaniwhaTāmati Ngāpora ManuhiriRuka AratapuTaonui HīkakaTomika Te MutuWhitiora Te KumeteTe Hira Te KawauTōkena Te KerēhiĪhaka WhaangaJames Carroll [Hon, MLC, later Sir]The Tohunga Tā Moko at WorkMere Kuru Te KatiTukukino Te AhiātaewaAnehanaWiremu Te ManewhaWaata Kukutai [Major]Tāmati Wāka NeneHēnare PōtaeDigging with the KōMāori WomanTakerei Te RauangaangaPāora TūhaereHōri Kerei Taiaroa [Hon, MLC]Rāpata Wahawaha [Major, NZC]Pare WāteneErueti TamaikōhāTe Paea HinerangiKai TimeHōri Ngākapa Te WhanaungaWahanui Reihana Te HuatareEruera Maihi PatuoneHōne Heke Ngāpua [MHR]

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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