Lindauer Ringa Rehe

Painter of Mana

Rewi Manga ManiapotoHūria Ngārongoā Kātene MātengaWiremu Tāmihana Tarapīpipi Te WaharoaPare WāteneWhitiora Te KumeteAnehanaTāraia Ngākuti Te TumuhuiaTomika Te MutuWiremu Nēra Te AwaitaiaTe Rangi TopeoraTāmati Wāka NeneTaonui HīkakaRatene HihitawaKamariera Te Hautākiri WharepapaWīremu Parata Te Kākākura WaipunāhauThe Tohunga Under TapuTāmati Pirimona MarinoTāmati Wāka Te PuhiTukukino Te AhiātaewaHōri Kerei Taiaroa [Hon, MLC]Māori WomanTōkena Te KerēhiTāmati Ngāpora ManuhiriMāori PortraitWāhine and Kōhine Making KeteJames Carroll [Hon, MLC, later Sir]Rēnata Kawepō Tama-ki-HikurangiWahanui Reihana Te HuatarePakewa [previously identified as Te Rangipikinga]Pera Te Rangituatahi TūtokoWaata Kukutai [Major]Kewene Te HahoTe HāpukuHēnare PōtaeErueti TamaikōhāRuka AratapuTomika Te Mutu, chief of the Ngaiterangi tribe, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand'In days gone by' Fire-MakingPāora TūhaereKai TimeWāhine Weaving KākahuHōri Ngākapa Te WhanaungaHuria MatengaHeeni Hirini and childHōne Heke Ngāpua [MHR]Digging with the Kō'Happy days' Playing Ruru or FivestonesHōri Kīngi Te ĀnauaHākopa Te Ata-o-TūWiremu Tako Ngātata [Hon, MLC]Te Horetā Te TaniwhaHeta Te HaaraTūhoto ArikiMere Kuru Te KatiĪhaka WhaangaHāmiora TūPōmare II, known as Whiria, later Whētoi Pōmare IITūkāroto Matutaera Pōtatau Te Wherowhero TāwhiaoTe Paea HinerangiWiremu Te ManewhaParatene Te ManuRetimana Te ManiaThe Tohunga Tā Moko at WorkTakerei Te RauangaangaTe Hira Te KawauAna Rupene and ChildRāpata Wahawaha [Major, NZC]Keeta Te KaniPāora TūhaereEruera Maihi Patuone

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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