Lindauer Ringa Rehe

Painter of Mana

Māori PortraitHēnare PōtaeHeta Te HaaraKamariera Te Hautākiri WharepapaWhitiora Te KumeteWaata Kukutai [Major]Rewi Manga ManiapotoTāmati Ngāpora Manuhiri'Happy days' Playing Ruru or FivestonesPāora TūhaereTaonui HīkakaHūria Ngārongoā Kātene MātengaTāmati Pirimona MarinoHōri Kīngi Te ĀnauaHuria MatengaĪhaka WhaangaPōmare II, known as Whiria, later Whētoi Pōmare IITomika Te MutuKai TimeTāraia Ngākuti Te TumuhuiaTe Rangi TopeoraTe Hira Te KawauTe HāpukuHōri Ngākapa Te WhanaungaHōne Heke Ngāpua [MHR]Wāhine Weaving KākahuHōri Kerei Taiaroa [Hon, MLC]Takerei Te RauangaangaTūhoto ArikiHākopa Te Ata-o-TūWiremu Nēra Te AwaitaiaParatene Te ManuDigging with the KōRāpata Wahawaha [Major, NZC]Te Paea HinerangiWiremu Te ManewhaTāmati Wāka NeneTe Horetā Te TaniwhaThe Tohunga Under TapuKeeta Te KaniAna Rupene and ChildTukukino Te AhiātaewaTomika Te Mutu, chief of the Ngaiterangi tribe, Bay of Plenty, New ZealandWīremu Parata Te Kākākura WaipunāhauKewene Te HahoPera Te Rangituatahi TūtokoPāora TūhaereWahanui Reihana Te HuatareWāhine and Kōhine Making KetePare WāteneRatene HihitawaHāmiora TūMāori WomanRēnata Kawepō Tama-ki-HikurangiErueti TamaikōhāTōkena Te KerēhiTūkāroto Matutaera Pōtatau Te Wherowhero TāwhiaoJames Carroll [Hon, MLC, later Sir]Retimana Te ManiaHeeni Hirini and childAnehanaThe Tohunga Tā Moko at WorkEruera Maihi Patuone'In days gone by' Fire-MakingWiremu Tāmihana Tarapīpipi Te WaharoaWiremu Tako Ngātata [Hon, MLC]Ruka AratapuMere Kuru Te KatiPakewa [previously identified as Te Rangipikinga]Tāmati Wāka Te Puhi

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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