Lindauer Ringa Rehe

Painter of Mana

Te HāpukuJames Carroll [Hon, MLC, later Sir]Wiremu Tāmihana Tarapīpipi Te Waharoa'Happy days' Playing Ruru or FivestonesThe Tohunga Tā Moko at WorkKeeta Te KaniTe Hira Te KawauPera Te Rangituatahi TūtokoMāori WomanTukukino Te AhiātaewaKai TimePōmare II, known as Whiria, later Whētoi Pōmare IIWiremu Nēra Te AwaitaiaHōri Kerei Taiaroa [Hon, MLC]Rēnata Kawepō Tama-ki-HikurangiTūkāroto Matutaera Pōtatau Te Wherowhero TāwhiaoHeeni Hirini and childTōkena Te KerēhiWaata Kukutai [Major]Tāmati Wāka Te PuhiHōne Heke Ngāpua [MHR]Hōri Kīngi Te ĀnauaWāhine Weaving KākahuWahanui Reihana Te HuatarePāora TūhaereHākopa Te Ata-o-TūTāmati Pirimona MarinoRewi Manga ManiapotoHāmiora TūTakerei Te RauangaangaParatene Te ManuTe Rangi TopeoraAna Rupene and ChildWiremu Tako Ngātata [Hon, MLC]Erueti Tamaikōhā'In days gone by' Fire-MakingAnehanaDigging with the KōPare WāteneTāraia Ngākuti Te TumuhuiaRāpata Wahawaha [Major, NZC]Hōri Ngākapa Te WhanaungaHēnare PōtaePāora TūhaereWāhine and Kōhine Making KeteHuria MatengaWhitiora Te KumeteWiremu Te ManewhaKewene Te HahoRetimana Te ManiaTāmati Ngāpora ManuhiriTe Paea HinerangiKamariera Te Hautākiri WharepapaEruera Maihi PatuoneĪhaka WhaangaPakewa [previously identified as Te Rangipikinga]Wīremu Parata Te Kākākura WaipunāhauMere Kuru Te KatiTaonui HīkakaTomika Te Mutu, chief of the Ngaiterangi tribe, Bay of Plenty, New ZealandHūria Ngārongoā Kātene MātengaTomika Te MutuRuka AratapuMāori PortraitHeta Te HaaraTe Horetā Te TaniwhaTāmati Wāka NeneRatene HihitawaTūhoto ArikiThe Tohunga Under Tapu

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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