Lindauer Ringa Rehe

Painter of Mana

Hōri Kīngi Te ĀnauaKewene Te HahoPare WāteneTaonui HīkakaWāhine and Kōhine Making KeteAnehanaTāmati Ngāpora ManuhiriTāmati Wāka NeneWaata Kukutai [Major]Ruka AratapuHuria MatengaJames Carroll [Hon, MLC, later Sir]Hūria Ngārongoā Kātene MātengaRēnata Kawepō Tama-ki-HikurangiTe Hira Te KawauTomika Te MutuParatene Te ManuAna Rupene and ChildTūhoto ArikiPakewa [previously identified as Te Rangipikinga]Te HāpukuTe Paea HinerangiTe Rangi TopeoraRatene HihitawaHeeni Hirini and childHōne Heke Ngāpua [MHR]Wahanui Reihana Te HuatareWiremu Tako Ngātata [Hon, MLC]Tāraia Ngākuti Te TumuhuiaRāpata Wahawaha [Major, NZC]Te Horetā Te TaniwhaDigging with the KōHōri Ngākapa Te WhanaungaWiremu Tāmihana Tarapīpipi Te WaharoaErueti TamaikōhāTomika Te Mutu, chief of the Ngaiterangi tribe, Bay of Plenty, New ZealandPāora TūhaereĪhaka WhaangaMere Kuru Te KatiPera Te Rangituatahi TūtokoWīremu Parata Te Kākākura Waipunāhau'Happy days' Playing Ruru or FivestonesMāori PortraitHōri Kerei Taiaroa [Hon, MLC]Rewi Manga ManiapotoHeta Te HaaraWhitiora Te KumeteTōkena Te KerēhiPāora TūhaereWiremu Nēra Te AwaitaiaTāmati Wāka Te PuhiMāori WomanKamariera Te Hautākiri WharepapaHākopa Te Ata-o-TūTakerei Te RauangaangaKeeta Te KaniTukukino Te AhiātaewaThe Tohunga Under Tapu'In days gone by' Fire-MakingEruera Maihi PatuoneKai TimePōmare II, known as Whiria, later Whētoi Pōmare IIHēnare PōtaeTāmati Pirimona MarinoTūkāroto Matutaera Pōtatau Te Wherowhero TāwhiaoRetimana Te ManiaWiremu Te ManewhaHāmiora TūThe Tohunga Tā Moko at WorkWāhine Weaving Kākahu

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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