Lindauer Ringa Rehe

Painter of Mana

James Carroll [Hon, MLC, later Sir]Tāmati Wāka NeneMāori PortraitWahanui Reihana Te HuatareAna Rupene and ChildMere Kuru Te KatiWiremu Tako Ngātata [Hon, MLC]Hāmiora TūErueti TamaikōhāPōmare II, known as Whiria, later Whētoi Pōmare IIWaata Kukutai [Major]Takerei Te RauangaangaWāhine Weaving KākahuKeeta Te KaniWiremu Te ManewhaRēnata Kawepō Tama-ki-HikurangiWiremu Tāmihana Tarapīpipi Te WaharoaHēnare PōtaeWiremu Nēra Te AwaitaiaTe Rangi TopeoraTōkena Te KerēhiRewi Manga ManiapotoAnehanaHuria MatengaTomika Te Mutu, chief of the Ngaiterangi tribe, Bay of Plenty, New ZealandRatene HihitawaRetimana Te ManiaHōri Kerei Taiaroa [Hon, MLC]Pakewa [previously identified as Te Rangipikinga]Tūhoto ArikiWhitiora Te KumeteTe Horetā Te TaniwhaTe Hira Te KawauHūria Ngārongoā Kātene MātengaTāraia Ngākuti Te TumuhuiaHōri Ngākapa Te WhanaungaTe HāpukuEruera Maihi PatuoneTūkāroto Matutaera Pōtatau Te Wherowhero TāwhiaoPāora TūhaereTukukino Te AhiātaewaRuka AratapuHōne Heke Ngāpua [MHR]Pera Te Rangituatahi TūtokoTaonui Hīkaka'Happy days' Playing Ruru or FivestonesTāmati Wāka Te PuhiTomika Te MutuĪhaka WhaangaPāora TūhaereWīremu Parata Te Kākākura WaipunāhauHeeni Hirini and childHeta Te HaaraKai TimeMāori WomanTāmati Ngāpora ManuhiriDigging with the KōWāhine and Kōhine Making KeteHākopa Te Ata-o-TūThe Tohunga Tā Moko at Work'In days gone by' Fire-MakingParatene Te ManuPare WāteneTāmati Pirimona MarinoKewene Te HahoTe Paea HinerangiRāpata Wahawaha [Major, NZC]Kamariera Te Hautākiri WharepapaThe Tohunga Under TapuHōri Kīngi Te Ānaua

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