Lindauer Ringa Rehe

Painter of Mana

Eruera Maihi PatuoneTāmati Wāka NeneParatene Te ManuWaata Kukutai [Major]Hōri Kerei Taiaroa [Hon, MLC]Wiremu Tako Ngātata [Hon, MLC]The Tohunga Tā Moko at WorkWiremu Te ManewhaĪhaka WhaangaHēnare PōtaeTe Hira Te KawauTe Rangi TopeoraWīremu Parata Te Kākākura WaipunāhauHūria Ngārongoā Kātene MātengaWāhine and Kōhine Making KeteTukukino Te AhiātaewaDigging with the KōHeeni Hirini and childRuka AratapuHāmiora TūTe Paea HinerangiTakerei Te RauangaangaMāori WomanKai TimeAnehanaRewi Manga ManiapotoTe Horetā Te TaniwhaRatene HihitawaHōne Heke Ngāpua [MHR]Tāmati Ngāpora ManuhiriHōri Ngākapa Te WhanaungaJames Carroll [Hon, MLC, later Sir]Tūhoto ArikiMāori PortraitTāmati Wāka Te PuhiKamariera Te Hautākiri WharepapaWhitiora Te KumeteKewene Te HahoPare WāteneTomika Te MutuTāmati Pirimona MarinoWāhine Weaving KākahuHākopa Te Ata-o-TūTe HāpukuTūkāroto Matutaera Pōtatau Te Wherowhero Tāwhiao'Happy days' Playing Ruru or FivestonesKeeta Te KaniHeta Te HaaraHōri Kīngi Te ĀnauaPāora TūhaerePāora TūhaereMere Kuru Te KatiWahanui Reihana Te HuatareTāraia Ngākuti Te TumuhuiaTaonui HīkakaPakewa [previously identified as Te Rangipikinga]Wiremu Nēra Te AwaitaiaAna Rupene and ChildPera Te Rangituatahi TūtokoRēnata Kawepō Tama-ki-Hikurangi'In days gone by' Fire-MakingPōmare II, known as Whiria, later Whētoi Pōmare IIHuria MatengaTomika Te Mutu, chief of the Ngaiterangi tribe, Bay of Plenty, New ZealandTōkena Te KerēhiErueti TamaikōhāThe Tohunga Under TapuRāpata Wahawaha [Major, NZC]Wiremu Tāmihana Tarapīpipi Te WaharoaRetimana Te Mania

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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