Lindauer Ringa Rehe

Painter of Mana

James Carroll [Hon, MLC, later Sir]Hōri Kīngi Te ĀnauaMāori WomanTomika Te MutuHēnare PōtaeTōkena Te KerēhiWaata Kukutai [Major]Hōne Heke Ngāpua [MHR]'In days gone by' Fire-MakingWiremu Nēra Te AwaitaiaKai TimeTūkāroto Matutaera Pōtatau Te Wherowhero TāwhiaoHeeni Hirini and childThe Tohunga Tā Moko at WorkKewene Te HahoTakerei Te RauangaangaHōri Ngākapa Te WhanaungaRuka AratapuWīremu Parata Te Kākākura WaipunāhauHāmiora TūTomika Te Mutu, chief of the Ngaiterangi tribe, Bay of Plenty, New ZealandHuria MatengaTāmati Wāka NeneTāmati Pirimona MarinoPare WāteneRēnata Kawepō Tama-ki-HikurangiPōmare II, known as Whiria, later Whētoi Pōmare IIRetimana Te ManiaHōri Kerei Taiaroa [Hon, MLC]Pāora TūhaereWiremu Tako Ngātata [Hon, MLC]Wāhine and Kōhine Making KeteWāhine Weaving KākahuTūhoto ArikiWiremu Tāmihana Tarapīpipi Te WaharoaKamariera Te Hautākiri WharepapaDigging with the KōEruera Maihi PatuoneTe HāpukuRewi Manga ManiapotoErueti TamaikōhāRāpata Wahawaha [Major, NZC]Hūria Ngārongoā Kātene MātengaTāmati Wāka Te PuhiMere Kuru Te KatiTāraia Ngākuti Te TumuhuiaKeeta Te KaniTukukino Te AhiātaewaTaonui HīkakaTe Horetā Te TaniwhaHeta Te HaaraAnehanaTe Paea HinerangiWahanui Reihana Te HuatareWhitiora Te KumeteThe Tohunga Under TapuHākopa Te Ata-o-TūWiremu Te ManewhaTāmati Ngāpora ManuhiriTe Rangi TopeoraPāora TūhaereRatene HihitawaParatene Te Manu'Happy days' Playing Ruru or FivestonesMāori PortraitAna Rupene and ChildĪhaka WhaangaTe Hira Te KawauPakewa [previously identified as Te Rangipikinga]Pera Te Rangituatahi Tūtoko

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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