Lindauer Ringa Rehe

Painter of Mana

Hōri Kīngi Te ĀnauaHākopa Te Ata-o-TūKai TimeTāmati Wāka Te PuhiKewene Te HahoRēnata Kawepō Tama-ki-HikurangiErueti TamaikōhāHēnare PōtaeTāmati Ngāpora ManuhiriWiremu Te ManewhaTe HāpukuHūria Ngārongoā Kātene MātengaRewi Manga ManiapotoJames Carroll [Hon, MLC, later Sir]Pāora TūhaereTomika Te MutuTe Hira Te KawauHuria MatengaWiremu Nēra Te AwaitaiaRāpata Wahawaha [Major, NZC]Paratene Te ManuWāhine and Kōhine Making KeteMāori WomanHōne Heke Ngāpua [MHR]Eruera Maihi PatuonePāora TūhaereTe Rangi TopeoraHōri Kerei Taiaroa [Hon, MLC]Waata Kukutai [Major]Māori PortraitKamariera Te Hautākiri Wharepapa'Happy days' Playing Ruru or Fivestones'In days gone by' Fire-MakingTakerei Te RauangaangaRetimana Te ManiaWahanui Reihana Te HuatareMere Kuru Te KatiTūhoto ArikiWhitiora Te KumeteTukukino Te AhiātaewaPare WātenePōmare II, known as Whiria, later Whētoi Pōmare IITōkena Te KerēhiRatene HihitawaHāmiora TūThe Tohunga Tā Moko at WorkĪhaka WhaangaThe Tohunga Under TapuTomika Te Mutu, chief of the Ngaiterangi tribe, Bay of Plenty, New ZealandTūkāroto Matutaera Pōtatau Te Wherowhero TāwhiaoPakewa [previously identified as Te Rangipikinga]Hōri Ngākapa Te WhanaungaTāmati Wāka NeneDigging with the KōTaonui HīkakaHeeni Hirini and childTe Paea HinerangiWīremu Parata Te Kākākura WaipunāhauTāraia Ngākuti Te TumuhuiaWiremu Tāmihana Tarapīpipi Te WaharoaAna Rupene and ChildKeeta Te KaniAnehanaPera Te Rangituatahi TūtokoTe Horetā Te TaniwhaWāhine Weaving KākahuWiremu Tako Ngātata [Hon, MLC]Heta Te HaaraTāmati Pirimona MarinoRuka Aratapu

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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