Lindauer Ringa Rehe

Painter of Mana

Hāmiora TūDigging with the KōTe Horetā Te TaniwhaThe Tohunga Tā Moko at WorkPāora TūhaerePera Te Rangituatahi TūtokoRewi Manga ManiapotoWiremu Tāmihana Tarapīpipi Te WaharoaPakewa [previously identified as Te Rangipikinga]Te Rangi TopeoraTakerei Te RauangaangaTomika Te Mutu, chief of the Ngaiterangi tribe, Bay of Plenty, New ZealandĪhaka WhaangaRetimana Te ManiaPare WāteneHōri Kīngi Te ĀnauaWahanui Reihana Te HuatareTe Hira Te KawauHeeni Hirini and childTāmati Ngāpora ManuhiriWāhine and Kōhine Making KeteKewene Te HahoWāhine Weaving KākahuEruera Maihi PatuoneMāori WomanThe Tohunga Under TapuWiremu Tako Ngātata [Hon, MLC]Te HāpukuJames Carroll [Hon, MLC, later Sir]Rēnata Kawepō Tama-ki-HikurangiKamariera Te Hautākiri WharepapaAna Rupene and ChildHōri Ngākapa Te WhanaungaTūhoto ArikiTe Paea HinerangiWiremu Nēra Te AwaitaiaErueti TamaikōhāTāmati Pirimona MarinoKai TimeTāraia Ngākuti Te TumuhuiaTāmati Wāka Te PuhiHuria MatengaHēnare PōtaeAnehanaRuka AratapuTōkena Te KerēhiWiremu Te ManewhaHūria Ngārongoā Kātene MātengaWhitiora Te KumeteHākopa Te Ata-o-TūHōri Kerei Taiaroa [Hon, MLC]Tūkāroto Matutaera Pōtatau Te Wherowhero TāwhiaoTomika Te MutuRatene HihitawaWīremu Parata Te Kākākura WaipunāhauPāora TūhaereTukukino Te AhiātaewaHeta Te HaaraKeeta Te Kani'Happy days' Playing Ruru or FivestonesTāmati Wāka NeneHōne Heke Ngāpua [MHR]Taonui HīkakaRāpata Wahawaha [Major, NZC]Pōmare II, known as Whiria, later Whētoi Pōmare IIParatene Te Manu'In days gone by' Fire-MakingWaata Kukutai [Major]Mere Kuru Te KatiMāori Portrait

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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