Lindauer Ringa Rehe

Painter of Mana

Takerei Te RauangaangaJames Carroll [Hon, MLC, later Sir]Whitiora Te KumeteMere Kuru Te KatiHēnare PōtaeĪhaka WhaangaRatene HihitawaPāora TūhaereWiremu Tāmihana Tarapīpipi Te WaharoaTaonui HīkakaWāhine and Kōhine Making Kete'Happy days' Playing Ruru or FivestonesAna Rupene and ChildHūria Ngārongoā Kātene MātengaThe Tohunga Tā Moko at WorkTūkāroto Matutaera Pōtatau Te Wherowhero Tāwhiao'In days gone by' Fire-MakingThe Tohunga Under TapuPare WāteneHeta Te HaaraHōne Heke Ngāpua [MHR]Pōmare II, known as Whiria, later Whētoi Pōmare IIPera Te Rangituatahi TūtokoHāmiora TūTomika Te MutuTomika Te Mutu, chief of the Ngaiterangi tribe, Bay of Plenty, New ZealandWāhine Weaving KākahuHuria MatengaDigging with the KōTukukino Te AhiātaewaEruera Maihi PatuoneRāpata Wahawaha [Major, NZC]Māori WomanWiremu Te ManewhaTāmati Pirimona MarinoTāmati Ngāpora ManuhiriTe Horetā Te TaniwhaKai TimeTe HāpukuRetimana Te ManiaTōkena Te KerēhiPāora TūhaereTāmati Wāka NeneKamariera Te Hautākiri WharepapaTe Rangi TopeoraHōri Kīngi Te ĀnauaWahanui Reihana Te HuatareKewene Te HahoTe Hira Te KawauParatene Te ManuWaata Kukutai [Major]Wiremu Nēra Te AwaitaiaAnehanaHōri Kerei Taiaroa [Hon, MLC]Te Paea HinerangiHōri Ngākapa Te WhanaungaTāmati Wāka Te PuhiRuka AratapuWīremu Parata Te Kākākura WaipunāhauRēnata Kawepō Tama-ki-HikurangiHākopa Te Ata-o-TūHeeni Hirini and childTūhoto ArikiPakewa [previously identified as Te Rangipikinga]Erueti TamaikōhāWiremu Tako Ngātata [Hon, MLC]Keeta Te KaniTāraia Ngākuti Te TumuhuiaRewi Manga ManiapotoMāori Portrait

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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