Lindauer Ringa Rehe

Painter of Mana

Wiremu Tāmihana Tarapīpipi Te WaharoaHōri Kerei Taiaroa [Hon, MLC]Wīremu Parata Te Kākākura WaipunāhauTaonui HīkakaThe Tohunga Tā Moko at WorkHōri Ngākapa Te WhanaungaTomika Te Mutu, chief of the Ngaiterangi tribe, Bay of Plenty, New ZealandWiremu Te ManewhaWahanui Reihana Te HuatarePāora TūhaereKeeta Te KaniPōmare II, known as Whiria, later Whētoi Pōmare IIErueti TamaikōhāHōne Heke Ngāpua [MHR]Waata Kukutai [Major]Wāhine and Kōhine Making KetePera Te Rangituatahi TūtokoTūhoto ArikiRēnata Kawepō Tama-ki-HikurangiMere Kuru Te KatiTāmati Wāka Te PuhiTāmati Wāka NeneTakerei Te Rauangaanga'In days gone by' Fire-MakingTāraia Ngākuti Te TumuhuiaĪhaka WhaangaTe Paea Hinerangi'Happy days' Playing Ruru or FivestonesJames Carroll [Hon, MLC, later Sir]Te Hira Te KawauMāori WomanRatene HihitawaTe Horetā Te TaniwhaPāora TūhaereParatene Te ManuHākopa Te Ata-o-TūDigging with the KōKewene Te HahoTāmati Ngāpora ManuhiriTōkena Te KerēhiHuria MatengaRetimana Te ManiaHōri Kīngi Te ĀnauaTāmati Pirimona MarinoWiremu Tako Ngātata [Hon, MLC]Hēnare PōtaeAna Rupene and ChildWiremu Nēra Te AwaitaiaPakewa [previously identified as Te Rangipikinga]Eruera Maihi PatuoneHāmiora TūTukukino Te AhiātaewaHūria Ngārongoā Kātene MātengaPare WāteneHeta Te HaaraRuka AratapuTe HāpukuTomika Te MutuTūkāroto Matutaera Pōtatau Te Wherowhero TāwhiaoTe Rangi TopeoraHeeni Hirini and childRewi Manga ManiapotoWhitiora Te KumeteKai TimeKamariera Te Hautākiri WharepapaAnehanaWāhine Weaving KākahuMāori PortraitThe Tohunga Under TapuRāpata Wahawaha [Major, NZC]

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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