Lindauer Ringa Rehe

Painter of Mana

Hākopa Te Ata-o-TūWāhine Weaving KākahuThe Tohunga Tā Moko at WorkWāhine and Kōhine Making Kete'Happy days' Playing Ruru or FivestonesWīremu Parata Te Kākākura WaipunāhauPakewa [previously identified as Te Rangipikinga]Tāraia Ngākuti Te TumuhuiaWiremu Te ManewhaRetimana Te ManiaEruera Maihi PatuoneKai TimeRewi Manga ManiapotoTūkāroto Matutaera Pōtatau Te Wherowhero TāwhiaoTakerei Te RauangaangaTe Horetā Te TaniwhaĪhaka WhaangaPera Te Rangituatahi TūtokoHēnare PōtaeWiremu Tako Ngātata [Hon, MLC]Tāmati Wāka NeneHeta Te HaaraTāmati Pirimona MarinoHōri Ngākapa Te WhanaungaPāora TūhaereParatene Te ManuTe HāpukuDigging with the KōPōmare II, known as Whiria, later Whētoi Pōmare IIWiremu Nēra Te AwaitaiaWaata Kukutai [Major]Te Paea HinerangiHāmiora TūAna Rupene and ChildTomika Te Mutu, chief of the Ngaiterangi tribe, Bay of Plenty, New ZealandRēnata Kawepō Tama-ki-HikurangiRatene HihitawaMāori PortraitWahanui Reihana Te HuatareThe Tohunga Under TapuTōkena Te KerēhiRuka AratapuHōne Heke Ngāpua [MHR]Wiremu Tāmihana Tarapīpipi Te WaharoaHuria Matenga'In days gone by' Fire-MakingHōri Kerei Taiaroa [Hon, MLC]Erueti TamaikōhāJames Carroll [Hon, MLC, later Sir]Rāpata Wahawaha [Major, NZC]Kewene Te HahoMere Kuru Te KatiKeeta Te KaniPāora TūhaereHūria Ngārongoā Kātene MātengaTukukino Te AhiātaewaWhitiora Te KumetePare WāteneTāmati Wāka Te PuhiTe Rangi TopeoraTaonui HīkakaAnehanaMāori WomanHeeni Hirini and childTomika Te MutuHōri Kīngi Te ĀnauaTe Hira Te KawauKamariera Te Hautākiri WharepapaTāmati Ngāpora ManuhiriTūhoto 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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