Lindauer Ringa Rehe

Painter of Mana

Hōne Heke Ngāpua [MHR]Retimana Te ManiaHēnare PōtaeTāmati Pirimona MarinoKeeta Te KaniMāori PortraitRēnata Kawepō Tama-ki-Hikurangi'In days gone by' Fire-MakingKai TimeWiremu Nēra Te AwaitaiaWiremu Tako Ngātata [Hon, MLC]Hōri Kīngi Te ĀnauaWahanui Reihana Te HuatareTe Hira Te KawauWāhine Weaving KākahuThe Tohunga Tā Moko at WorkJames Carroll [Hon, MLC, later Sir]Wīremu Parata Te Kākākura WaipunāhauPāora TūhaereTāmati Wāka NeneHūria Ngārongoā Kātene MātengaRuka AratapuPare WāteneHākopa Te Ata-o-TūWhitiora Te KumeteAna Rupene and ChildMere Kuru Te KatiKamariera Te Hautākiri WharepapaHuria MatengaTūhoto ArikiHāmiora TūEruera Maihi PatuoneTomika Te Mutu, chief of the Ngaiterangi tribe, Bay of Plenty, New ZealandTomika Te MutuPāora TūhaereAnehanaParatene Te ManuPakewa [previously identified as Te Rangipikinga]Te Rangi TopeoraHōri Kerei Taiaroa [Hon, MLC]Pōmare II, known as Whiria, later Whētoi Pōmare IIĪhaka Whaanga'Happy days' Playing Ruru or FivestonesRewi Manga ManiapotoTōkena Te KerēhiMāori WomanWiremu Te ManewhaRāpata Wahawaha [Major, NZC]Takerei Te RauangaangaErueti TamaikōhāTāraia Ngākuti Te TumuhuiaTūkāroto Matutaera Pōtatau Te Wherowhero TāwhiaoTukukino Te AhiātaewaTe HāpukuDigging with the KōHōri Ngākapa Te WhanaungaTāmati Wāka Te PuhiPera Te Rangituatahi TūtokoWāhine and Kōhine Making KeteRatene HihitawaWiremu Tāmihana Tarapīpipi Te WaharoaKewene Te HahoTāmati Ngāpora ManuhiriTaonui HīkakaThe Tohunga Under TapuTe Paea HinerangiTe Horetā Te TaniwhaWaata Kukutai [Major]Heeni Hirini and childHeta Te Haara

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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