Lindauer Ringa Rehe

Painter of Mana

Hōri Kerei Taiaroa [Hon, MLC]Wahanui Reihana Te HuatareKewene Te HahoParatene Te ManuTakerei Te RauangaangaDigging with the KōRetimana Te ManiaWāhine and Kōhine Making KeteTe Rangi TopeoraWiremu Nēra Te AwaitaiaRāpata Wahawaha [Major, NZC]Erueti TamaikōhāTāmati Wāka NeneMāori WomanHāmiora TūWhitiora Te KumeteTūhoto ArikiTāmati Wāka Te PuhiKeeta Te KaniĪhaka WhaangaTe Hira Te KawauTe Paea HinerangiHuria MatengaTāmati Ngāpora Manuhiri'In days gone by' Fire-MakingHōri Kīngi Te ĀnauaPāora TūhaereWiremu Tāmihana Tarapīpipi Te WaharoaThe Tohunga Under TapuWīremu Parata Te Kākākura WaipunāhauPera Te Rangituatahi TūtokoJames Carroll [Hon, MLC, later Sir]Ratene HihitawaWaata Kukutai [Major]Rewi Manga ManiapotoRēnata Kawepō Tama-ki-HikurangiWiremu Tako Ngātata [Hon, MLC]Taonui HīkakaTāmati Pirimona MarinoWāhine Weaving KākahuTukukino Te AhiātaewaTomika Te MutuTōkena Te KerēhiHākopa Te Ata-o-TūAnehanaTe HāpukuAna Rupene and ChildRuka AratapuHōri Ngākapa Te WhanaungaWiremu Te ManewhaHeeni Hirini and childMere Kuru Te KatiTomika Te Mutu, chief of the Ngaiterangi tribe, Bay of Plenty, New ZealandTe Horetā Te TaniwhaTūkāroto Matutaera Pōtatau Te Wherowhero TāwhiaoKamariera Te Hautākiri Wharepapa'Happy days' Playing Ruru or FivestonesThe Tohunga Tā Moko at WorkTāraia Ngākuti Te TumuhuiaKai TimePakewa [previously identified as Te Rangipikinga]Hūria Ngārongoā Kātene MātengaPāora TūhaereHēnare PōtaeMāori PortraitPare WāteneHōne Heke Ngāpua [MHR]Pōmare II, known as Whiria, later Whētoi Pōmare IIEruera Maihi PatuoneHeta Te Haara

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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