Lindauer Ringa Rehe

Painter of Mana

Paratene Te ManuWhitiora Te KumeteMāori PortraitTe Paea HinerangiHākopa Te Ata-o-TūTomika Te Mutu, chief of the Ngaiterangi tribe, Bay of Plenty, New ZealandPera Te Rangituatahi TūtokoDigging with the KōPāora TūhaereTe Hira Te KawauTe Horetā Te TaniwhaEruera Maihi PatuoneTōkena Te KerēhiKamariera Te Hautākiri WharepapaRatene HihitawaKeeta Te KaniWiremu Nēra Te AwaitaiaPōmare II, known as Whiria, later Whētoi Pōmare IITūkāroto Matutaera Pōtatau Te Wherowhero TāwhiaoTāmati Ngāpora ManuhiriKai TimeTāmati Wāka NeneWāhine Weaving KākahuJames Carroll [Hon, MLC, later Sir]Wiremu Tako Ngātata [Hon, MLC]Hāmiora TūTe Rangi TopeoraTāmati Pirimona MarinoTomika Te MutuRāpata Wahawaha [Major, NZC]The Tohunga Under TapuErueti TamaikōhāRetimana Te ManiaWahanui Reihana Te HuatareWaata Kukutai [Major]Tāmati Wāka Te PuhiWīremu Parata Te Kākākura WaipunāhauTakerei Te RauangaangaĪhaka WhaangaMere Kuru Te KatiHōne Heke Ngāpua [MHR]Wāhine and Kōhine Making KetePāora TūhaereWiremu Tāmihana Tarapīpipi Te WaharoaAnehanaPare WāteneHōri Kerei Taiaroa [Hon, MLC]Hōri Ngākapa Te WhanaungaTe HāpukuPakewa [previously identified as Te Rangipikinga]Heta Te HaaraRuka AratapuHuria Matenga'In days gone by' Fire-MakingTukukino Te AhiātaewaHēnare PōtaeTāraia Ngākuti Te TumuhuiaHōri Kīngi Te ĀnauaAna Rupene and ChildHūria Ngārongoā Kātene MātengaMāori WomanRēnata Kawepō Tama-ki-HikurangiKewene Te Haho'Happy days' Playing Ruru or FivestonesThe Tohunga Tā Moko at WorkRewi Manga ManiapotoTaonui HīkakaWiremu Te ManewhaHeeni Hirini and childTūhoto 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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