Lindauer Ringa Rehe

Painter of Mana

Māori WomanWiremu Tako Ngātata [Hon, MLC]Rewi Manga ManiapotoRēnata Kawepō Tama-ki-HikurangiTakerei Te RauangaangaPera Te Rangituatahi TūtokoHōri Ngākapa Te WhanaungaTe Paea HinerangiHūria Ngārongoā Kātene MātengaWahanui Reihana Te HuatareTe Rangi TopeoraParatene Te ManuTāraia Ngākuti Te TumuhuiaWiremu Te ManewhaRatene HihitawaPare WāteneKai TimeHōne Heke Ngāpua [MHR]Tōkena Te KerēhiMere Kuru Te KatiTāmati Ngāpora ManuhiriRāpata Wahawaha [Major, NZC]Kamariera Te Hautākiri WharepapaPāora TūhaereHeta Te HaaraPāora TūhaereHēnare PōtaeTukukino Te AhiātaewaDigging with the KōTāmati Wāka Te PuhiEruera Maihi PatuoneThe Tohunga Under TapuĪhaka WhaangaWāhine Weaving KākahuPakewa [previously identified as Te Rangipikinga]Huria MatengaTe HāpukuWiremu Tāmihana Tarapīpipi Te WaharoaTe Hira Te KawauKewene Te HahoTūkāroto Matutaera Pōtatau Te Wherowhero Tāwhiao'In days gone by' Fire-MakingWāhine and Kōhine Making KeteHōri Kerei Taiaroa [Hon, MLC]'Happy days' Playing Ruru or FivestonesMāori PortraitPōmare II, known as Whiria, later Whētoi Pōmare IIThe Tohunga Tā Moko at WorkTaonui HīkakaTāmati Wāka NeneKeeta Te KaniHākopa Te Ata-o-TūTomika Te Mutu, chief of the Ngaiterangi tribe, Bay of Plenty, New ZealandHōri Kīngi Te ĀnauaRuka AratapuWaata Kukutai [Major]Heeni Hirini and childJames Carroll [Hon, MLC, later Sir]Wiremu Nēra Te AwaitaiaTūhoto ArikiWhitiora Te KumeteTe Horetā Te TaniwhaRetimana Te ManiaWīremu Parata Te Kākākura WaipunāhauTomika Te MutuAna Rupene and ChildErueti TamaikōhāAnehanaHāmiora TūTāmati Pirimona Marino

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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