Lindauer Ringa Rehe

Painter of Mana

James Carroll [Hon, MLC, later Sir]Te Paea HinerangiEruera Maihi PatuoneHākopa Te Ata-o-TūHāmiora TūTūkāroto Matutaera Pōtatau Te Wherowhero Tāwhiao'In days gone by' Fire-MakingPāora TūhaereMāori WomanTāraia Ngākuti Te TumuhuiaWiremu Te ManewhaWiremu Nēra Te AwaitaiaWīremu Parata Te Kākākura WaipunāhauTūhoto ArikiTakerei Te RauangaangaKai TimeTāmati Pirimona MarinoTomika Te MutuWāhine and Kōhine Making KeteHōne Heke Ngāpua [MHR]Hōri Ngākapa Te WhanaungaTe Hira Te KawauRewi Manga ManiapotoDigging with the KōKamariera Te Hautākiri WharepapaWhitiora Te KumeteWiremu Tako Ngātata [Hon, MLC]Wiremu Tāmihana Tarapīpipi Te WaharoaTāmati Wāka Te PuhiThe Tohunga Under TapuRāpata Wahawaha [Major, NZC]Keeta Te KaniTāmati Wāka NeneAnehanaTe Horetā Te TaniwhaTukukino Te AhiātaewaAna Rupene and ChildTe HāpukuHōri Kerei Taiaroa [Hon, MLC]Hūria Ngārongoā Kātene MātengaTōkena Te KerēhiWāhine Weaving KākahuTāmati Ngāpora Manuhiri'Happy days' Playing Ruru or FivestonesErueti TamaikōhāKewene Te HahoĪhaka WhaangaRetimana Te ManiaWaata Kukutai [Major]Heta Te HaaraRatene HihitawaPōmare II, known as Whiria, later Whētoi Pōmare IIWahanui Reihana Te HuatareHuria MatengaPakewa [previously identified as Te Rangipikinga]Heeni Hirini and childPāora TūhaereThe Tohunga Tā Moko at WorkMere Kuru Te KatiTomika Te Mutu, chief of the Ngaiterangi tribe, Bay of Plenty, New ZealandMāori PortraitHēnare PōtaeParatene Te ManuPera Te Rangituatahi TūtokoRuka AratapuPare WāteneTe Rangi TopeoraHōri Kīngi Te ĀnauaTaonui HīkakaRēnata Kawepō Tama-ki-Hikurangi

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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