Lindauer Ringa Rehe

Painter of Mana

Rāpata Wahawaha [Major, NZC]Te Horetā Te TaniwhaHūria Ngārongoā Kātene MātengaKai TimeTe Paea HinerangiThe Tohunga Tā Moko at WorkTomika Te MutuHōne Heke Ngāpua [MHR]'Happy days' Playing Ruru or FivestonesHōri Ngākapa Te WhanaungaHeta Te HaaraPāora TūhaereTōkena Te KerēhiTāraia Ngākuti Te TumuhuiaThe Tohunga Under TapuAna Rupene and ChildAnehanaHeeni Hirini and childTakerei Te RauangaangaWaata Kukutai [Major]Kewene Te HahoWiremu Nēra Te AwaitaiaWiremu Tāmihana Tarapīpipi Te WaharoaTūhoto ArikiMāori WomanWahanui Reihana Te HuatareMāori PortraitHākopa Te Ata-o-TūWhitiora Te KumeteWīremu Parata Te Kākākura WaipunāhauKeeta Te KaniRewi Manga ManiapotoRatene HihitawaHōri Kīngi Te ĀnauaPakewa [previously identified as Te Rangipikinga]Tāmati Ngāpora ManuhiriErueti TamaikōhāDigging with the KōRēnata Kawepō Tama-ki-HikurangiHōri Kerei Taiaroa [Hon, MLC]Taonui HīkakaRuka AratapuWāhine and Kōhine Making KeteTāmati Pirimona MarinoĪhaka WhaangaHēnare PōtaeParatene Te ManuTāmati Wāka Te PuhiTe Hira Te KawauEruera Maihi PatuoneHāmiora TūTe HāpukuJames Carroll [Hon, MLC, later Sir]Pera Te Rangituatahi Tūtoko'In days gone by' Fire-MakingTomika Te Mutu, chief of the Ngaiterangi tribe, Bay of Plenty, New ZealandTe Rangi TopeoraWiremu Tako Ngātata [Hon, MLC]Pāora TūhaereWāhine Weaving KākahuTūkāroto Matutaera Pōtatau Te Wherowhero TāwhiaoRetimana Te ManiaWiremu Te ManewhaTāmati Wāka NeneHuria MatengaMere Kuru Te KatiTukukino Te AhiātaewaPare WātenePōmare II, known as Whiria, later Whētoi Pōmare IIKamariera Te Hautākiri Wharepapa

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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