Lindauer Ringa Rehe

Painter of Mana

Huria MatengaPāora TūhaereHeta Te HaaraTāmati Wāka Te PuhiThe Tohunga Under TapuHūria Ngārongoā Kātene MātengaErueti TamaikōhāTāmati Ngāpora ManuhiriWiremu Nēra Te AwaitaiaTūkāroto Matutaera Pōtatau Te Wherowhero TāwhiaoJames Carroll [Hon, MLC, later Sir]Tūhoto ArikiWaata Kukutai [Major]Pāora Tūhaere'In days gone by' Fire-MakingTe Rangi TopeoraTe Horetā Te TaniwhaEruera Maihi PatuoneWhitiora Te KumeteKai TimeTōkena Te KerēhiTomika Te Mutu, chief of the Ngaiterangi tribe, Bay of Plenty, New ZealandTe Paea HinerangiWiremu Te ManewhaParatene Te ManuKewene Te HahoPakewa [previously identified as Te Rangipikinga]Tāmati Pirimona MarinoWahanui Reihana Te HuatareWāhine Weaving KākahuMāori PortraitPōmare II, known as Whiria, later Whētoi Pōmare IIWiremu Tāmihana Tarapīpipi Te WaharoaHōne Heke Ngāpua [MHR]Tāraia Ngākuti Te TumuhuiaWīremu Parata Te Kākākura WaipunāhauHeeni Hirini and childHōri Kīngi Te ĀnauaAna Rupene and ChildTukukino Te AhiātaewaTakerei Te RauangaangaTaonui HīkakaTomika Te MutuKamariera Te Hautākiri WharepapaRāpata Wahawaha [Major, NZC]AnehanaRewi Manga ManiapotoRetimana Te ManiaHākopa Te Ata-o-TūRēnata Kawepō Tama-ki-HikurangiTe Hira Te KawauHāmiora TūRatene HihitawaRuka AratapuHēnare PōtaeHōri Ngākapa Te WhanaungaMāori WomanPera Te Rangituatahi TūtokoTāmati Wāka NeneTe HāpukuWāhine and Kōhine Making Kete'Happy days' Playing Ruru or FivestonesDigging with the KōMere Kuru Te KatiThe Tohunga Tā Moko at WorkPare WāteneĪhaka WhaangaHōri Kerei Taiaroa [Hon, MLC]Wiremu Tako Ngātata [Hon, MLC]Keeta Te Kani

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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