Lindauer Ringa Rehe

Painter of Mana

Hāmiora TūHōri Kīngi Te ĀnauaTūhoto ArikiPare WāteneTukukino Te AhiātaewaHuria MatengaRatene HihitawaTaonui HīkakaWiremu Te ManewhaAnehanaWaata Kukutai [Major]Pakewa [previously identified as Te Rangipikinga]Rāpata Wahawaha [Major, NZC]Tāmati Wāka Te PuhiHeta Te HaaraWīremu Parata Te Kākākura WaipunāhauErueti TamaikōhāRēnata Kawepō Tama-ki-HikurangiTāmati Wāka NeneRuka AratapuWāhine and Kōhine Making KeteKeeta Te KaniTomika Te MutuWāhine Weaving KākahuTomika Te Mutu, chief of the Ngaiterangi tribe, Bay of Plenty, New ZealandTāraia Ngākuti Te TumuhuiaDigging with the KōEruera Maihi PatuoneAna Rupene and ChildThe Tohunga Tā Moko at WorkTōkena Te KerēhiHōri Kerei Taiaroa [Hon, MLC]Wahanui Reihana Te HuatareTe Rangi TopeoraTe Horetā Te TaniwhaThe Tohunga Under TapuMāori PortraitJames Carroll [Hon, MLC, later Sir]Tāmati Ngāpora ManuhiriWiremu Tāmihana Tarapīpipi Te WaharoaPōmare II, known as Whiria, later Whētoi Pōmare IIParatene Te ManuRewi Manga ManiapotoTūkāroto Matutaera Pōtatau Te Wherowhero TāwhiaoPāora TūhaereHēnare PōtaeMere Kuru Te KatiWiremu Tako Ngātata [Hon, MLC]Kamariera Te Hautākiri WharepapaTakerei Te RauangaangaRetimana Te ManiaHōne Heke Ngāpua [MHR]Hākopa Te Ata-o-TūPāora Tūhaere'In days gone by' Fire-MakingMāori WomanKai TimeWhitiora Te KumeteĪhaka Whaanga'Happy days' Playing Ruru or FivestonesTe HāpukuHūria Ngārongoā Kātene MātengaPera Te Rangituatahi TūtokoWiremu Nēra Te AwaitaiaHeeni Hirini and childTe Paea HinerangiTe Hira Te KawauTāmati Pirimona MarinoKewene Te HahoHōri Ngākapa Te Whanaunga

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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