Lindauer Ringa Rehe

Painter of Mana

Māori PortraitPōmare II, known as Whiria, later Whētoi Pōmare IIPakewa [previously identified as Te Rangipikinga]Hōri Ngākapa Te WhanaungaWiremu Tako Ngātata [Hon, MLC]Hōne Heke Ngāpua [MHR]Pare WāteneTomika Te MutuRatene HihitawaTūhoto ArikiKeeta Te KaniThe Tohunga Tā Moko at Work'Happy days' Playing Ruru or FivestonesJames Carroll [Hon, MLC, later Sir]Tomika Te Mutu, chief of the Ngaiterangi tribe, Bay of Plenty, New ZealandRetimana Te ManiaHōri Kīngi Te ĀnauaTe Hira Te KawauWiremu Nēra Te AwaitaiaRēnata Kawepō Tama-ki-HikurangiWhitiora Te KumeteDigging with the KōWaata Kukutai [Major]Mere Kuru Te KatiHāmiora TūPāora TūhaereRāpata Wahawaha [Major, NZC]Tōkena Te KerēhiEruera Maihi PatuoneHeta Te HaaraTe Paea HinerangiTāraia Ngākuti Te TumuhuiaWiremu Te ManewhaHēnare PōtaeKamariera Te Hautākiri WharepapaErueti TamaikōhāTe HāpukuMāori WomanHūria Ngārongoā Kātene MātengaKewene Te Haho'In days gone by' Fire-MakingĪhaka WhaangaHōri Kerei Taiaroa [Hon, MLC]The Tohunga Under TapuKai TimeAnehanaWīremu Parata Te Kākākura WaipunāhauTe Rangi TopeoraTāmati Wāka NeneTaonui HīkakaPāora TūhaereRuka AratapuWāhine Weaving KākahuHeeni Hirini and childRewi Manga ManiapotoTāmati Wāka Te PuhiPera Te Rangituatahi TūtokoWāhine and Kōhine Making KeteTūkāroto Matutaera Pōtatau Te Wherowhero TāwhiaoTukukino Te AhiātaewaAna Rupene and ChildTāmati Ngāpora ManuhiriTāmati Pirimona MarinoParatene Te ManuTe Horetā Te TaniwhaHuria MatengaTakerei Te RauangaangaWiremu Tāmihana Tarapīpipi Te WaharoaWahanui Reihana Te HuatareHākopa Te Ata-o-Tū

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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