Lindauer Ringa Rehe

Painter of Mana

Hāmiora TūTe Horetā Te TaniwhaWaata Kukutai [Major]Hōri Ngākapa Te WhanaungaTūkāroto Matutaera Pōtatau Te Wherowhero TāwhiaoErueti TamaikōhāHākopa Te Ata-o-TūTāmati Ngāpora ManuhiriWiremu Nēra Te AwaitaiaThe Tohunga Under TapuWīremu Parata Te Kākākura WaipunāhauTomika Te MutuKai TimeTāmati Wāka NeneHēnare PōtaeKamariera Te Hautākiri WharepapaWahanui Reihana Te HuatareThe Tohunga Tā Moko at WorkPāora TūhaereRāpata Wahawaha [Major, NZC]Ana Rupene and ChildPōmare II, known as Whiria, later Whētoi Pōmare IITāmati Pirimona MarinoJames Carroll [Hon, MLC, later Sir]Whitiora Te KumeteTomika Te Mutu, chief of the Ngaiterangi tribe, Bay of Plenty, New ZealandWāhine Weaving KākahuHeeni Hirini and childHōri Kerei Taiaroa [Hon, MLC]Tāraia Ngākuti Te TumuhuiaRatene HihitawaRuka AratapuTe Paea HinerangiPāora TūhaereHōne Heke Ngāpua [MHR]Tūhoto ArikiPera Te Rangituatahi TūtokoRetimana Te Mania'In days gone by' Fire-MakingWiremu Tāmihana Tarapīpipi Te WaharoaĪhaka WhaangaMere Kuru Te KatiHūria Ngārongoā Kātene MātengaPakewa [previously identified as Te Rangipikinga]Wiremu Tako Ngātata [Hon, MLC]Paratene Te ManuRēnata Kawepō Tama-ki-HikurangiTakerei Te RauangaangaTāmati Wāka Te PuhiTōkena Te Kerēhi'Happy days' Playing Ruru or FivestonesPare WāteneHuria MatengaTukukino Te AhiātaewaTe Rangi TopeoraTe HāpukuMāori PortraitRewi Manga ManiapotoTaonui HīkakaKeeta Te KaniMāori WomanHeta Te HaaraAnehanaKewene Te HahoWāhine and Kōhine Making KeteDigging with the KōTe Hira Te KawauWiremu Te ManewhaHōri Kīngi Te ĀnauaEruera 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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