Lindauer Ringa Rehe

Painter of Mana

Kamariera Te Hautākiri WharepapaHūria Ngārongoā Kātene MātengaWiremu Tako Ngātata [Hon, MLC]Tāraia Ngākuti Te TumuhuiaKewene Te HahoTāmati Wāka Te PuhiTūhoto ArikiRewi Manga ManiapotoWahanui Reihana Te HuatareWīremu Parata Te Kākākura WaipunāhauThe Tohunga Under TapuAnehana'Happy days' Playing Ruru or FivestonesTāmati Pirimona MarinoRēnata Kawepō Tama-ki-HikurangiRāpata Wahawaha [Major, NZC]Paratene Te ManuPāora TūhaereHōri Ngākapa Te WhanaungaWāhine and Kōhine Making KetePakewa [previously identified as Te Rangipikinga]'In days gone by' Fire-MakingTe Paea HinerangiHōri Kīngi Te ĀnauaTe Horetā Te TaniwhaTe Hira Te KawauWiremu Nēra Te AwaitaiaJames Carroll [Hon, MLC, later Sir]Mere Kuru Te KatiRetimana Te ManiaTukukino Te AhiātaewaTomika Te MutuTāmati Wāka NeneTomika Te Mutu, chief of the Ngaiterangi tribe, Bay of Plenty, New ZealandTe HāpukuKai TimeEruera Maihi PatuonePōmare II, known as Whiria, later Whētoi Pōmare IITe Rangi TopeoraWāhine Weaving KākahuHāmiora TūErueti TamaikōhāHēnare PōtaeWhitiora Te KumeteHōri Kerei Taiaroa [Hon, MLC]Huria MatengaPāora TūhaerePare WāteneWaata Kukutai [Major]Māori WomanWiremu Tāmihana Tarapīpipi Te WaharoaThe Tohunga Tā Moko at WorkHeeni Hirini and childTāmati Ngāpora ManuhiriTaonui HīkakaTūkāroto Matutaera Pōtatau Te Wherowhero TāwhiaoMāori PortraitDigging with the KōTakerei Te RauangaangaĪhaka WhaangaHōne Heke Ngāpua [MHR]Pera Te Rangituatahi TūtokoRuka AratapuRatene HihitawaTōkena Te KerēhiHeta Te HaaraAna Rupene and ChildKeeta Te KaniWiremu Te ManewhaHākopa Te Ata-o-Tū

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. 

Pukapuka Manuhiri

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.

Ako tonuLearn more
Pukapuka Manuhiri