Lindauer Ringa Rehe

Painter of Mana

Hēnare PōtaeHuria MatengaWhitiora Te KumeteTe Paea HinerangiTe HāpukuRāpata Wahawaha [Major, NZC]Wiremu Te ManewhaTukukino Te AhiātaewaHōne Heke Ngāpua [MHR]Kewene Te Haho'Happy days' Playing Ruru or FivestonesAna Rupene and ChildRēnata Kawepō Tama-ki-HikurangiTūhoto ArikiHāmiora TūĪhaka WhaangaEruera Maihi PatuoneRatene HihitawaTōkena Te KerēhiWiremu Tāmihana Tarapīpipi Te WaharoaHeeni Hirini and childTe Hira Te KawauTakerei Te Rauangaanga'In days gone by' Fire-MakingWiremu Nēra Te AwaitaiaTe Rangi TopeoraThe Tohunga Under TapuHākopa Te Ata-o-TūPāora TūhaereHōri Kīngi Te ĀnauaMāori WomanPare WāteneParatene Te ManuPāora TūhaereTāmati Ngāpora ManuhiriPōmare II, known as Whiria, later Whētoi Pōmare IIRuka AratapuTāraia Ngākuti Te TumuhuiaKamariera Te Hautākiri WharepapaTe Horetā Te TaniwhaDigging with the KōHūria Ngārongoā Kātene MātengaTāmati Pirimona MarinoKai TimeErueti TamaikōhāAnehanaTāmati Wāka NeneMāori PortraitThe Tohunga Tā Moko at WorkPakewa [previously identified as Te Rangipikinga]Wāhine and Kōhine Making KeteTaonui HīkakaPera Te Rangituatahi TūtokoRewi Manga ManiapotoTāmati Wāka Te PuhiWahanui Reihana Te HuatareWaata Kukutai [Major]Tomika Te Mutu, chief of the Ngaiterangi tribe, Bay of Plenty, New ZealandTomika Te MutuWāhine Weaving KākahuHōri Ngākapa Te WhanaungaHeta Te HaaraMere Kuru Te KatiRetimana Te ManiaWiremu Tako Ngātata [Hon, MLC]Tūkāroto Matutaera Pōtatau Te Wherowhero TāwhiaoWīremu Parata Te Kākākura WaipunāhauJames Carroll [Hon, MLC, later Sir]Keeta Te KaniHōri Kerei Taiaroa [Hon, MLC]

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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