Lindauer Ringa Rehe

Painter of Mana

Te Hira Te KawauTe Rangi TopeoraTe Horetā Te TaniwhaHeeni Hirini and childRetimana Te ManiaHōri Ngākapa Te WhanaungaHēnare PōtaeWhitiora Te KumeteĪhaka WhaangaJames Carroll [Hon, MLC, later Sir]Wīremu Parata Te Kākākura WaipunāhauRuka AratapuRatene HihitawaHōne Heke Ngāpua [MHR]'Happy days' Playing Ruru or FivestonesWāhine Weaving KākahuTomika Te MutuTāmati Wāka Te PuhiPōmare II, known as Whiria, later Whētoi Pōmare IIWāhine and Kōhine Making KeteKewene Te HahoTāraia Ngākuti Te TumuhuiaTaonui HīkakaKai TimeWiremu Nēra Te AwaitaiaAnehanaPakewa [previously identified as Te Rangipikinga]Digging with the KōHōri Kerei Taiaroa [Hon, MLC]Rewi Manga ManiapotoTūkāroto Matutaera Pōtatau Te Wherowhero TāwhiaoPāora TūhaereTukukino Te AhiātaewaWiremu Tako Ngātata [Hon, MLC]Māori PortraitTakerei Te RauangaangaWaata Kukutai [Major]Mere Kuru Te KatiThe Tohunga Tā Moko at Work'In days gone by' Fire-MakingRēnata Kawepō Tama-ki-HikurangiTūhoto ArikiTe HāpukuTāmati Ngāpora ManuhiriKamariera Te Hautākiri WharepapaPera Te Rangituatahi TūtokoMāori WomanTōkena Te KerēhiHeta Te HaaraKeeta Te KaniHōri Kīngi Te ĀnauaHākopa Te Ata-o-TūPare WātenePāora TūhaereWiremu Te ManewhaWiremu Tāmihana Tarapīpipi Te WaharoaHuria MatengaWahanui Reihana Te HuatareAna Rupene and ChildTe Paea HinerangiHāmiora TūHūria Ngārongoā Kātene MātengaErueti TamaikōhāRāpata Wahawaha [Major, NZC]Tāmati Wāka NeneTāmati Pirimona MarinoEruera Maihi PatuoneThe Tohunga Under TapuParatene Te ManuTomika Te Mutu, chief of the Ngaiterangi tribe, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand

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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