Lindauer Ringa Rehe

Painter of Mana

Pōmare II, known as Whiria, later Whētoi Pōmare IITukukino Te AhiātaewaHēnare PōtaeKai TimeHūria Ngārongoā Kātene MātengaTomika Te MutuWiremu Tāmihana Tarapīpipi Te WaharoaHōne Heke Ngāpua [MHR]Heeni Hirini and childAna Rupene and ChildTāraia Ngākuti Te TumuhuiaĪhaka WhaangaJames Carroll [Hon, MLC, later Sir]Waata Kukutai [Major]Tāmati Wāka Te PuhiTomika Te Mutu, chief of the Ngaiterangi tribe, Bay of Plenty, New ZealandWhitiora Te KumeteHeta Te HaaraHōri Kīngi Te ĀnauaTūhoto ArikiTe Rangi TopeoraHāmiora TūTaonui HīkakaWiremu Te ManewhaTe Horetā Te TaniwhaMāori WomanThe Tohunga Tā Moko at Work'Happy days' Playing Ruru or FivestonesRēnata Kawepō Tama-ki-HikurangiEruera Maihi PatuonePakewa [previously identified as Te Rangipikinga]Rewi Manga ManiapotoTāmati Ngāpora ManuhiriRuka AratapuHōri Ngākapa Te WhanaungaPera Te Rangituatahi TūtokoRetimana Te ManiaDigging with the KōHuria MatengaTāmati Wāka NeneRāpata Wahawaha [Major, NZC]Te HāpukuKewene Te HahoTāmati Pirimona MarinoWāhine and Kōhine Making KetePare WāteneTūkāroto Matutaera Pōtatau Te Wherowhero TāwhiaoMāori PortraitKeeta Te KaniWīremu Parata Te Kākākura WaipunāhauWāhine Weaving KākahuWiremu Tako Ngātata [Hon, MLC]The Tohunga Under TapuTe Hira Te KawauTōkena Te KerēhiWahanui Reihana Te HuatareKamariera Te Hautākiri WharepapaAnehanaHākopa Te Ata-o-TūRatene HihitawaParatene Te ManuHōri Kerei Taiaroa [Hon, MLC]Wiremu Nēra Te AwaitaiaPāora Tūhaere'In days gone by' Fire-MakingMere Kuru Te KatiTakerei Te RauangaangaPāora TūhaereTe Paea HinerangiErueti Tamaikōhā

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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