Lindauer Ringa Rehe

Painter of Mana

Taonui HīkakaParatene Te ManuRewi Manga ManiapotoTe Horetā Te TaniwhaWaata Kukutai [Major]Tāmati Pirimona MarinoĪhaka WhaangaTāmati Wāka Te PuhiRēnata Kawepō Tama-ki-HikurangiHeeni Hirini and childRetimana Te ManiaTūhoto ArikiKeeta Te KaniTāraia Ngākuti Te TumuhuiaMere Kuru Te KatiWhitiora Te KumeteHeta Te HaaraHōne Heke Ngāpua [MHR]Eruera Maihi PatuonePakewa [previously identified as Te Rangipikinga]Rāpata Wahawaha [Major, NZC]Wiremu Te ManewhaAna Rupene and ChildWiremu Tāmihana Tarapīpipi Te WaharoaTomika Te Mutu, chief of the Ngaiterangi tribe, Bay of Plenty, New ZealandJames Carroll [Hon, MLC, later Sir]Pare WāteneTōkena Te KerēhiWāhine Weaving KākahuWīremu Parata Te Kākākura Waipunāhau'In days gone by' Fire-MakingPōmare II, known as Whiria, later Whētoi Pōmare IITāmati Wāka NeneTāmati Ngāpora ManuhiriWiremu Tako Ngātata [Hon, MLC]Te Rangi TopeoraRatene HihitawaHōri Ngākapa Te WhanaungaRuka AratapuHūria Ngārongoā Kātene MātengaTe HāpukuHākopa Te Ata-o-TūTukukino Te AhiātaewaKai TimeTe Paea HinerangiMāori WomanHōri Kerei Taiaroa [Hon, MLC]Tūkāroto Matutaera Pōtatau Te Wherowhero TāwhiaoTomika Te MutuHāmiora TūThe Tohunga Tā Moko at WorkPāora TūhaereThe Tohunga Under TapuTakerei Te RauangaangaPāora TūhaereMāori Portrait'Happy days' Playing Ruru or FivestonesWiremu Nēra Te AwaitaiaHēnare PōtaeKewene Te HahoKamariera Te Hautākiri WharepapaDigging with the KōHōri Kīngi Te ĀnauaHuria MatengaWahanui Reihana Te HuatareTe Hira Te KawauErueti TamaikōhāAnehanaWāhine and Kōhine Making KetePera Te Rangituatahi Tūtoko

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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