Lindauer Ringa Rehe

Painter of Mana

Tukukino Te AhiātaewaParatene Te ManuTūhoto ArikiTāmati Wāka NeneTāmati Ngāpora ManuhiriWaata Kukutai [Major]Taonui HīkakaPakewa [previously identified as Te Rangipikinga]Tāmati Pirimona MarinoRāpata Wahawaha [Major, NZC]Ruka AratapuRetimana Te ManiaJames Carroll [Hon, MLC, later Sir]Māori WomanWiremu Tāmihana Tarapīpipi Te WaharoaRēnata Kawepō Tama-ki-HikurangiKewene Te HahoTūkāroto Matutaera Pōtatau Te Wherowhero TāwhiaoRewi Manga ManiapotoPera Te Rangituatahi TūtokoThe Tohunga Tā Moko at WorkWiremu Nēra Te AwaitaiaHūria Ngārongoā Kātene MātengaHeeni Hirini and childWhitiora Te KumeteHāmiora TūTakerei Te RauangaangaAna Rupene and ChildTāraia Ngākuti Te Tumuhuia'In days gone by' Fire-MakingĪhaka WhaangaHōri Kerei Taiaroa [Hon, MLC]Ratene HihitawaPare WāteneHeta Te HaaraTomika Te MutuTāmati Wāka Te PuhiPāora TūhaereWāhine and Kōhine Making KeteHākopa Te Ata-o-TūTe Rangi TopeoraAnehanaWahanui Reihana Te HuatareHōne Heke Ngāpua [MHR]Wiremu Te ManewhaTe Horetā Te TaniwhaHuria MatengaTōkena Te KerēhiKeeta Te KaniHēnare PōtaeWiremu Tako Ngātata [Hon, MLC]Eruera Maihi PatuoneKamariera Te Hautākiri WharepapaDigging with the KōTomika Te Mutu, chief of the Ngaiterangi tribe, Bay of Plenty, New ZealandTe Paea HinerangiMere Kuru Te KatiWāhine Weaving KākahuPāora TūhaereTe Hira Te KawauWīremu Parata Te Kākākura WaipunāhauPōmare II, known as Whiria, later Whētoi Pōmare IITe HāpukuThe Tohunga Under TapuHōri Ngākapa Te WhanaungaHōri Kīngi Te ĀnauaErueti Tamaikōhā'Happy days' Playing Ruru or FivestonesMāori PortraitKai Time

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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