Lindauer Ringa Rehe

Painter of Mana

Te Horetā Te TaniwhaRāpata Wahawaha [Major, NZC]Māori WomanTūkāroto Matutaera Pōtatau Te Wherowhero TāwhiaoTāmati Pirimona MarinoTāraia Ngākuti Te TumuhuiaHāmiora TūKeeta Te KaniMere Kuru Te KatiKamariera Te Hautākiri WharepapaRuka AratapuTomika Te Mutu'Happy days' Playing Ruru or FivestonesWiremu Tako Ngātata [Hon, MLC]Heeni Hirini and child'In days gone by' Fire-MakingWaata Kukutai [Major]Eruera Maihi PatuoneHūria Ngārongoā Kātene MātengaDigging with the KōTe Hira Te KawauHōri Ngākapa Te WhanaungaWhitiora Te KumeteThe Tohunga Tā Moko at WorkThe Tohunga Under TapuWāhine Weaving KākahuKewene Te HahoWāhine and Kōhine Making KeteTūhoto ArikiErueti TamaikōhāHeta Te HaaraHēnare PōtaeTāmati Ngāpora ManuhiriPōmare II, known as Whiria, later Whētoi Pōmare IIPāora TūhaereHōne Heke Ngāpua [MHR]Pāora TūhaerePare WāteneTōkena Te KerēhiTomika Te Mutu, chief of the Ngaiterangi tribe, Bay of Plenty, New ZealandHākopa Te Ata-o-TūĪhaka WhaangaTe Rangi TopeoraWīremu Parata Te Kākākura WaipunāhauPera Te Rangituatahi TūtokoAna Rupene and ChildAnehanaJames Carroll [Hon, MLC, later Sir]Rewi Manga ManiapotoTāmati Wāka NeneRēnata Kawepō Tama-ki-HikurangiTukukino Te AhiātaewaRetimana Te ManiaWiremu Te ManewhaRatene HihitawaTakerei Te RauangaangaTe HāpukuHuria MatengaTe Paea HinerangiTaonui HīkakaWiremu Tāmihana Tarapīpipi Te WaharoaParatene Te ManuMāori PortraitPakewa [previously identified as Te Rangipikinga]Wahanui Reihana Te HuatareHōri Kerei Taiaroa [Hon, MLC]Tāmati Wāka Te PuhiKai TimeWiremu Nēra Te AwaitaiaHōri Kīngi Te Ānaua

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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