Lindauer Ringa Rehe

Painter of Mana

Tāmati Pirimona Marino'Happy days' Playing Ruru or FivestonesPōmare II, known as Whiria, later Whētoi Pōmare IIWaata Kukutai [Major]Wīremu Parata Te Kākākura WaipunāhauWāhine Weaving KākahuĪhaka WhaangaTe Horetā Te TaniwhaKewene Te HahoHōne Heke Ngāpua [MHR]Hūria Ngārongoā Kātene MātengaTūkāroto Matutaera Pōtatau Te Wherowhero TāwhiaoPare WāteneTāmati Ngāpora ManuhiriJames Carroll [Hon, MLC, later Sir]Rāpata Wahawaha [Major, NZC]Ana Rupene and ChildTāmati Wāka NeneTakerei Te RauangaangaThe Tohunga Under TapuTūhoto ArikiRuka AratapuHōri Ngākapa Te WhanaungaWiremu Tako Ngātata [Hon, MLC]Heeni Hirini and childThe Tohunga Tā Moko at WorkTe Paea HinerangiTāraia Ngākuti Te TumuhuiaHōri Kīngi Te ĀnauaWiremu Te ManewhaParatene Te ManuTe HāpukuWahanui Reihana Te HuatareTe Rangi TopeoraHōri Kerei Taiaroa [Hon, MLC]Rewi Manga ManiapotoRēnata Kawepō Tama-ki-HikurangiHuria MatengaWiremu Nēra Te AwaitaiaKamariera Te Hautākiri WharepapaPāora TūhaereTaonui HīkakaAnehanaTe Hira Te KawauTāmati Wāka Te PuhiTomika Te MutuWiremu Tāmihana Tarapīpipi Te WaharoaRatene HihitawaDigging with the KōHāmiora TūKeeta Te KaniHeta Te Haara'In days gone by' Fire-MakingKai TimePāora TūhaereErueti TamaikōhāEruera Maihi PatuoneTomika Te Mutu, chief of the Ngaiterangi tribe, Bay of Plenty, New ZealandMāori WomanPera Te Rangituatahi TūtokoTōkena Te KerēhiTukukino Te AhiātaewaHēnare PōtaeWāhine and Kōhine Making KeteMere Kuru Te KatiPakewa [previously identified as Te Rangipikinga]Whitiora Te KumeteHākopa Te Ata-o-TūRetimana Te ManiaMāori Portrait

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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