Lindauer Ringa Rehe

Painter of Mana

Ratene HihitawaTe Paea HinerangiWīremu Parata Te Kākākura WaipunāhauPakewa [previously identified as Te Rangipikinga]Tāmati Pirimona MarinoThe Tohunga Tā Moko at WorkMere Kuru Te KatiTāraia Ngākuti Te TumuhuiaWaata Kukutai [Major]Heeni Hirini and childWahanui Reihana Te HuatareHōri Kīngi Te ĀnauaJames Carroll [Hon, MLC, later Sir]Tukukino Te AhiātaewaTakerei Te RauangaangaEruera Maihi PatuoneWiremu Nēra Te AwaitaiaAnehanaRewi Manga ManiapotoWāhine Weaving KākahuKewene Te HahoHūria Ngārongoā Kātene MātengaPare WāteneTōkena Te KerēhiWiremu Te ManewhaHāmiora Tū'In days gone by' Fire-MakingThe Tohunga Under Tapu'Happy days' Playing Ruru or FivestonesRēnata Kawepō Tama-ki-HikurangiTomika Te Mutu, chief of the Ngaiterangi tribe, Bay of Plenty, New ZealandWhitiora Te KumetePōmare II, known as Whiria, later Whētoi Pōmare IITe HāpukuĪhaka WhaangaKamariera Te Hautākiri WharepapaTaonui HīkakaKeeta Te KaniTūhoto ArikiRetimana Te ManiaMāori WomanTe Rangi TopeoraAna Rupene and ChildTāmati Wāka Te PuhiPāora TūhaereWiremu Tāmihana Tarapīpipi Te WaharoaTe Horetā Te TaniwhaTāmati Wāka NeneHeta Te HaaraHēnare PōtaeWāhine and Kōhine Making KeteHākopa Te Ata-o-TūHōri Ngākapa Te WhanaungaTāmati Ngāpora ManuhiriMāori PortraitTūkāroto Matutaera Pōtatau Te Wherowhero TāwhiaoErueti TamaikōhāWiremu Tako Ngātata [Hon, MLC]Ruka AratapuKai TimeParatene Te ManuTomika Te MutuHōri Kerei Taiaroa [Hon, MLC]Pāora TūhaereRāpata Wahawaha [Major, NZC]Te Hira Te KawauHuria MatengaHōne Heke Ngāpua [MHR]Digging with the KōPera Te Rangituatahi Tūtoko

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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