Lindauer Ringa Rehe

Painter of Mana

Tāmati Wāka NeneTāmati Pirimona MarinoPāora TūhaerePāora TūhaereTakerei Te RauangaangaRēnata Kawepō Tama-ki-HikurangiWhitiora Te KumeteHōri Kīngi Te ĀnauaAnehanaHūria Ngārongoā Kātene MātengaTāmati Wāka Te PuhiKeeta Te KaniWiremu Nēra Te AwaitaiaHōri Ngākapa Te Whanaunga'Happy days' Playing Ruru or FivestonesĪhaka WhaangaHeta Te HaaraHākopa Te Ata-o-TūKamariera Te Hautākiri WharepapaPōmare II, known as Whiria, later Whētoi Pōmare IIErueti TamaikōhāWahanui Reihana Te HuatareTūkāroto Matutaera Pōtatau Te Wherowhero TāwhiaoTe Horetā Te TaniwhaDigging with the KōWaata Kukutai [Major]Hāmiora TūWiremu Tako Ngātata [Hon, MLC]Hōri Kerei Taiaroa [Hon, MLC]Te Rangi TopeoraRewi Manga ManiapotoTaonui HīkakaRatene HihitawaHōne Heke Ngāpua [MHR]Pare WāteneRuka AratapuHuria MatengaTe HāpukuWāhine Weaving KākahuPera Te Rangituatahi Tūtoko'In days gone by' Fire-MakingHēnare PōtaeKai TimeMāori WomanThe Tohunga Under TapuWāhine and Kōhine Making KeteWiremu Tāmihana Tarapīpipi Te WaharoaAna Rupene and ChildHeeni Hirini and childJames Carroll [Hon, MLC, later Sir]Tukukino Te AhiātaewaParatene Te ManuTe Hira Te KawauWiremu Te ManewhaRāpata Wahawaha [Major, NZC]Tūhoto ArikiMāori PortraitWīremu Parata Te Kākākura WaipunāhauTomika Te MutuPakewa [previously identified as Te Rangipikinga]Tomika Te Mutu, chief of the Ngaiterangi tribe, Bay of Plenty, New ZealandTāmati Ngāpora ManuhiriThe Tohunga Tā Moko at WorkTōkena Te KerēhiEruera Maihi PatuoneMere Kuru Te KatiTāraia Ngākuti Te TumuhuiaRetimana Te ManiaTe Paea HinerangiKewene Te Haho

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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