Lindauer Ringa Rehe

Painter of Mana

Tūkāroto Matutaera Pōtatau Te Wherowhero TāwhiaoTe Horetā Te TaniwhaWāhine Weaving KākahuPakewa [previously identified as Te Rangipikinga]Tāraia Ngākuti Te Tumuhuia'Happy days' Playing Ruru or FivestonesRuka AratapuHeeni Hirini and childTe Paea HinerangiAna Rupene and ChildPāora TūhaereTe Rangi TopeoraTōkena Te KerēhiWiremu Te ManewhaErueti TamaikōhāRatene HihitawaWhitiora Te KumeteWiremu Tāmihana Tarapīpipi Te WaharoaWaata Kukutai [Major]Kai TimeParatene Te ManuJames Carroll [Hon, MLC, later Sir]Takerei Te RauangaangaWiremu Tako Ngātata [Hon, MLC]Wīremu Parata Te Kākākura WaipunāhauHuria MatengaTe Hira Te KawauTaonui HīkakaHākopa Te Ata-o-TūĪhaka WhaangaKewene Te HahoHāmiora TūMere Kuru Te KatiTukukino Te AhiātaewaTāmati Wāka NeneTomika Te Mutu, chief of the Ngaiterangi tribe, Bay of Plenty, New ZealandKamariera Te Hautākiri WharepapaTāmati Pirimona MarinoTāmati Wāka Te PuhiAnehanaKeeta Te KaniDigging with the KōMāori WomanHēnare PōtaeHūria Ngārongoā Kātene MātengaHeta Te HaaraTāmati Ngāpora ManuhiriThe Tohunga Tā Moko at WorkPare WāteneRēnata Kawepō Tama-ki-HikurangiHōri Ngākapa Te WhanaungaThe Tohunga Under TapuRetimana Te ManiaEruera Maihi PatuoneWahanui Reihana Te HuatareHōri Kerei Taiaroa [Hon, MLC]Tūhoto ArikiTomika Te MutuPera Te Rangituatahi TūtokoWāhine and Kōhine Making KeteTe HāpukuHōne Heke Ngāpua [MHR]Pōmare II, known as Whiria, later Whētoi Pōmare IIRewi Manga ManiapotoMāori PortraitHōri Kīngi Te ĀnauaRāpata Wahawaha [Major, NZC]'In days gone by' Fire-MakingWiremu Nēra Te AwaitaiaPāora Tūhaere

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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