Lindauer Ringa Rehe

Painter of Mana

Rāpata Wahawaha [Major, NZC]Wiremu Nēra Te AwaitaiaEruera Maihi PatuoneHāmiora TūRēnata Kawepō Tama-ki-HikurangiRuka AratapuTe Paea HinerangiTāmati Wāka Te PuhiTomika Te Mutu, chief of the Ngaiterangi tribe, Bay of Plenty, New ZealandWiremu Tāmihana Tarapīpipi Te WaharoaErueti TamaikōhāWāhine and Kōhine Making KeteRewi Manga ManiapotoWhitiora Te KumeteWahanui Reihana Te HuatareWaata Kukutai [Major]Hākopa Te Ata-o-TūThe Tohunga Under TapuPāora TūhaereWīremu Parata Te Kākākura Waipunāhau'In days gone by' Fire-MakingTe Rangi TopeoraAna Rupene and ChildHōne Heke Ngāpua [MHR]'Happy days' Playing Ruru or FivestonesRetimana Te ManiaPera Te Rangituatahi TūtokoKai TimeTe Horetā Te TaniwhaWiremu Te ManewhaRatene HihitawaHeeni Hirini and childAnehanaHuria MatengaPāora TūhaerePare WāteneJames Carroll [Hon, MLC, later Sir]Te HāpukuTūkāroto Matutaera Pōtatau Te Wherowhero TāwhiaoHēnare PōtaeTāraia Ngākuti Te TumuhuiaThe Tohunga Tā Moko at WorkWāhine Weaving KākahuHōri Ngākapa Te WhanaungaTāmati Pirimona MarinoHūria Ngārongoā Kātene MātengaKamariera Te Hautākiri WharepapaKeeta Te KaniHōri Kīngi Te ĀnauaTe Hira Te KawauMāori WomanTukukino Te AhiātaewaTāmati Wāka NenePōmare II, known as Whiria, later Whētoi Pōmare IITaonui HīkakaHōri Kerei Taiaroa [Hon, MLC]Heta Te HaaraDigging with the KōTomika Te MutuTāmati Ngāpora ManuhiriKewene Te HahoPakewa [previously identified as Te Rangipikinga]Māori PortraitTakerei Te RauangaangaParatene Te ManuMere Kuru Te KatiTōkena Te KerēhiĪhaka WhaangaWiremu Tako Ngātata [Hon, MLC]Tūhoto Ariki

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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