Lindauer Ringa Rehe

Painter of Mana

Ratene HihitawaHeeni Hirini and childEruera Maihi PatuoneMāori PortraitPakewa [previously identified as Te Rangipikinga]AnehanaTūhoto ArikiWiremu Tako Ngātata [Hon, MLC]Rēnata Kawepō Tama-ki-HikurangiHuria MatengaMere Kuru Te KatiĪhaka WhaangaErueti TamaikōhāRuka AratapuPera Te Rangituatahi TūtokoPare WāteneWahanui Reihana Te HuatareTomika Te Mutu, chief of the Ngaiterangi tribe, Bay of Plenty, New ZealandTe Paea HinerangiTakerei Te RauangaangaKai TimeTe Rangi TopeoraTe HāpukuHōne Heke Ngāpua [MHR]Rāpata Wahawaha [Major, NZC]The Tohunga Tā Moko at WorkTāmati Wāka Te PuhiTe Horetā Te TaniwhaTāmati Ngāpora ManuhiriWiremu Tāmihana Tarapīpipi Te WaharoaHēnare PōtaeKewene Te HahoParatene Te ManuPāora TūhaereWiremu Nēra Te AwaitaiaKeeta Te KaniRewi Manga ManiapotoTukukino Te AhiātaewaHōri Ngākapa Te WhanaungaHākopa Te Ata-o-TūJames Carroll [Hon, MLC, later Sir]Hōri Kīngi Te ĀnauaPāora TūhaereHeta Te Haara'Happy days' Playing Ruru or FivestonesWīremu Parata Te Kākākura WaipunāhauWāhine and Kōhine Making KeteTūkāroto Matutaera Pōtatau Te Wherowhero TāwhiaoTōkena Te KerēhiMāori WomanDigging with the KōRetimana Te Mania'In days gone by' Fire-MakingThe Tohunga Under TapuWiremu Te ManewhaAna Rupene and ChildHōri Kerei Taiaroa [Hon, MLC]Tāmati Wāka NeneTaonui HīkakaTomika Te MutuWaata Kukutai [Major]Hūria Ngārongoā Kātene MātengaTe Hira Te KawauTāraia Ngākuti Te TumuhuiaWhitiora Te KumeteTāmati Pirimona MarinoWāhine Weaving KākahuHāmiora TūKamariera Te Hautākiri WharepapaPōmare II, known as Whiria, later Whētoi Pōmare II

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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