Lindauer Ringa Rehe

Painter of Mana

Takerei Te RauangaangaWiremu Te ManewhaTūkāroto Matutaera Pōtatau Te Wherowhero TāwhiaoTāmati Pirimona MarinoThe Tohunga Under TapuTe Hira Te KawauJames Carroll [Hon, MLC, later Sir]Wiremu Tako Ngātata [Hon, MLC]Hōne Heke Ngāpua [MHR]Pōmare II, known as Whiria, later Whētoi Pōmare IITe Rangi TopeoraPera Te Rangituatahi TūtokoMāori PortraitRuka AratapuWiremu Nēra Te AwaitaiaRatene HihitawaDigging with the KōRetimana Te ManiaEruera Maihi PatuoneHeta Te HaaraHuria MatengaWāhine Weaving KākahuHōri Kīngi Te ĀnauaWaata Kukutai [Major]Te Paea HinerangiTaonui HīkakaPāora TūhaereMāori WomanHēnare PōtaeHāmiora Tū'In days gone by' Fire-MakingRāpata Wahawaha [Major, NZC]Te Horetā Te TaniwhaHōri Kerei Taiaroa [Hon, MLC]Erueti TamaikōhāWīremu Parata Te Kākākura WaipunāhauPare WāteneThe Tohunga Tā Moko at Work'Happy days' Playing Ruru or FivestonesWiremu Tāmihana Tarapīpipi Te WaharoaWāhine and Kōhine Making KeteKamariera Te Hautākiri WharepapaHākopa Te Ata-o-TūPakewa [previously identified as Te Rangipikinga]Mere Kuru Te KatiHūria Ngārongoā Kātene MātengaAna Rupene and ChildTāmati Wāka Te PuhiParatene Te ManuTōkena Te KerēhiTukukino Te AhiātaewaKai TimeTāmati Wāka NeneWhitiora Te KumeteĪhaka WhaangaTomika Te Mutu, chief of the Ngaiterangi tribe, Bay of Plenty, New ZealandRēnata Kawepō Tama-ki-HikurangiKeeta Te KaniTūhoto ArikiRewi Manga ManiapotoTāmati Ngāpora ManuhiriHōri Ngākapa Te WhanaungaPāora TūhaereAnehanaTe HāpukuHeeni Hirini and childTāraia Ngākuti Te TumuhuiaTomika Te MutuWahanui Reihana Te HuatareKewene Te Haho

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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