Lindauer Ringa Rehe

Painter of Mana

Tāmati Ngāpora ManuhiriJames Carroll [Hon, MLC, later Sir]Hōri Ngākapa Te WhanaungaParatene Te ManuPakewa [previously identified as Te Rangipikinga]Rēnata Kawepō Tama-ki-HikurangiMāori WomanHuria MatengaKamariera Te Hautākiri WharepapaWiremu Tako Ngātata [Hon, MLC]Tukukino Te AhiātaewaKewene Te HahoHōri Kīngi Te ĀnauaHūria Ngārongoā Kātene MātengaTāmati Wāka Te PuhiWīremu Parata Te Kākākura WaipunāhauAna Rupene and ChildRuka AratapuDigging with the KōPare WāteneTōkena Te KerēhiHāmiora TūKeeta Te KaniWiremu Tāmihana Tarapīpipi Te WaharoaTe Horetā Te TaniwhaTaonui HīkakaKai TimeMere Kuru Te KatiAnehanaWāhine Weaving KākahuWiremu Te ManewhaHeeni Hirini and childPāora TūhaereHēnare PōtaeTāmati Wāka NeneTāmati Pirimona MarinoRetimana Te ManiaWaata Kukutai [Major]Hōne Heke Ngāpua [MHR]Takerei Te RauangaangaTe Rangi TopeoraWhitiora Te KumeteTe Hira Te KawauErueti TamaikōhāTomika Te Mutu, chief of the Ngaiterangi tribe, Bay of Plenty, New ZealandWāhine and Kōhine Making KeteHākopa Te Ata-o-TūMāori PortraitPera Te Rangituatahi TūtokoTe Paea HinerangiTūkāroto Matutaera Pōtatau Te Wherowhero TāwhiaoPōmare II, known as Whiria, later Whētoi Pōmare IIRāpata Wahawaha [Major, NZC]Īhaka Whaanga'In days gone by' Fire-MakingHōri Kerei Taiaroa [Hon, MLC]Heta Te HaaraRatene HihitawaPāora TūhaereTāraia Ngākuti Te TumuhuiaRewi Manga ManiapotoThe Tohunga Under TapuThe Tohunga Tā Moko at WorkTomika Te Mutu'Happy days' Playing Ruru or FivestonesWahanui Reihana Te HuatareWiremu Nēra Te AwaitaiaTūhoto ArikiEruera Maihi PatuoneTe Hāpuku

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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