Lindauer Ringa Rehe

Painter of Mana

AnehanaWīremu Parata Te Kākākura WaipunāhauTomika Te MutuRewi Manga ManiapotoTāmati Wāka NenePakewa [previously identified as Te Rangipikinga]Hāmiora TūErueti TamaikōhāPōmare II, known as Whiria, later Whētoi Pōmare IIKewene Te HahoRetimana Te Mania'Happy days' Playing Ruru or FivestonesDigging with the KōHūria Ngārongoā Kātene MātengaThe Tohunga Under TapuEruera Maihi PatuoneTūhoto ArikiTe Horetā Te TaniwhaWaata Kukutai [Major]Pāora TūhaereTakerei Te RauangaangaHeta Te Haara'In days gone by' Fire-MakingRatene HihitawaTāraia Ngākuti Te TumuhuiaMere Kuru Te KatiTāmati Pirimona MarinoWāhine and Kōhine Making KeteHākopa Te Ata-o-TūKai TimeTe Rangi TopeoraKeeta Te KaniAna Rupene and ChildTomika Te Mutu, chief of the Ngaiterangi tribe, Bay of Plenty, New ZealandRēnata Kawepō Tama-ki-HikurangiWāhine Weaving KākahuPera Te Rangituatahi TūtokoThe Tohunga Tā Moko at WorkKamariera Te Hautākiri WharepapaRuka AratapuRāpata Wahawaha [Major, NZC]Heeni Hirini and childTāmati Ngāpora ManuhiriParatene Te ManuTe Paea HinerangiWiremu Tako Ngātata [Hon, MLC]Hēnare PōtaeHōri Ngākapa Te WhanaungaTōkena Te KerēhiMāori PortraitHuria MatengaHōne Heke Ngāpua [MHR]Te HāpukuTukukino Te AhiātaewaTāmati Wāka Te PuhiWiremu Nēra Te AwaitaiaTūkāroto Matutaera Pōtatau Te Wherowhero TāwhiaoWahanui Reihana Te HuatareĪhaka WhaangaHōri Kerei Taiaroa [Hon, MLC]Taonui HīkakaJames Carroll [Hon, MLC, later Sir]Pare WāteneWiremu Tāmihana Tarapīpipi Te WaharoaWhitiora Te KumetePāora TūhaereWiremu Te ManewhaHōri Kīngi Te ĀnauaTe Hira Te KawauMāori Woman

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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