Lindauer Ringa Rehe

Painter of Mana

'Happy days' Playing Ruru or FivestonesHeta Te HaaraJames Carroll [Hon, MLC, later Sir]Keeta Te KaniRāpata Wahawaha [Major, NZC]Whitiora Te KumeteWiremu Te ManewhaRetimana Te ManiaWiremu Tako Ngātata [Hon, MLC]Pakewa [previously identified as Te Rangipikinga]Tōkena Te KerēhiDigging with the KōTomika Te MutuTāmati Ngāpora ManuhiriWaata Kukutai [Major]Te Horetā Te TaniwhaTe Rangi TopeoraWāhine Weaving KākahuMere Kuru Te KatiPāora TūhaerePōmare II, known as Whiria, later Whētoi Pōmare IITomika Te Mutu, chief of the Ngaiterangi tribe, Bay of Plenty, New ZealandHākopa Te Ata-o-TūTakerei Te RauangaangaRēnata Kawepō Tama-ki-HikurangiThe Tohunga Tā Moko at WorkHāmiora TūAna Rupene and ChildWāhine and Kōhine Making KeteRewi Manga ManiapotoTaonui HīkakaAnehanaPare WāteneEruera Maihi PatuoneTe HāpukuThe Tohunga Under TapuPāora TūhaereTūhoto ArikiTāmati Wāka Te PuhiTāmati Wāka NeneHūria Ngārongoā Kātene MātengaTūkāroto Matutaera Pōtatau Te Wherowhero TāwhiaoRuka AratapuĪhaka WhaangaWīremu Parata Te Kākākura WaipunāhauHōri Kīngi Te ĀnauaHeeni Hirini and childParatene Te ManuRatene Hihitawa'In days gone by' Fire-MakingTāraia Ngākuti Te TumuhuiaKamariera Te Hautākiri WharepapaHōri Kerei Taiaroa [Hon, MLC]Hōri Ngākapa Te WhanaungaMāori WomanPera Te Rangituatahi TūtokoMāori PortraitHēnare PōtaeTe Paea HinerangiKai TimeKewene Te HahoWiremu Nēra Te AwaitaiaTe Hira Te KawauErueti TamaikōhāHuria MatengaHōne Heke Ngāpua [MHR]Tāmati Pirimona MarinoTukukino Te AhiātaewaWiremu Tāmihana Tarapīpipi Te WaharoaWahanui Reihana Te Huatare

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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