Lindauer Ringa Rehe

Painter of Mana

Kewene Te HahoHōri Ngākapa Te WhanaungaWiremu Te ManewhaTe Horetā Te TaniwhaPāora TūhaereHuria MatengaHēnare PōtaeTe HāpukuTāraia Ngākuti Te TumuhuiaPakewa [previously identified as Te Rangipikinga]Rewi Manga ManiapotoPera Te Rangituatahi TūtokoTōkena Te KerēhiTāmati Wāka Te PuhiJames Carroll [Hon, MLC, later Sir]Tomika Te MutuHākopa Te Ata-o-TūEruera Maihi Patuone'In days gone by' Fire-MakingMāori WomanTe Rangi TopeoraRēnata Kawepō Tama-ki-HikurangiTomika Te Mutu, chief of the Ngaiterangi tribe, Bay of Plenty, New ZealandWiremu Tāmihana Tarapīpipi Te WaharoaRetimana Te ManiaAna Rupene and ChildHūria Ngārongoā Kātene MātengaMāori PortraitPāora TūhaereRuka AratapuRāpata Wahawaha [Major, NZC]Tāmati Ngāpora ManuhiriKamariera Te Hautākiri WharepapaRatene HihitawaParatene Te ManuTāmati Wāka NenePare WāteneTe Hira Te KawauKai TimeWāhine and Kōhine Making KeteWhitiora Te KumeteHāmiora TūPōmare II, known as Whiria, later Whētoi Pōmare IITakerei Te RauangaangaTūhoto Ariki'Happy days' Playing Ruru or FivestonesWiremu Tako Ngātata [Hon, MLC]Wāhine Weaving KākahuHōri Kīngi Te ĀnauaTe Paea HinerangiTūkāroto Matutaera Pōtatau Te Wherowhero TāwhiaoKeeta Te KaniHōne Heke Ngāpua [MHR]Heta Te HaaraHōri Kerei Taiaroa [Hon, MLC]Wiremu Nēra Te AwaitaiaHeeni Hirini and childWīremu Parata Te Kākākura WaipunāhauWaata Kukutai [Major]AnehanaDigging with the KōTaonui HīkakaTukukino Te AhiātaewaWahanui Reihana Te HuatareErueti TamaikōhāThe Tohunga Under TapuThe Tohunga Tā Moko at WorkTāmati Pirimona MarinoMere Kuru Te KatiĪhaka Whaanga

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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