Lindauer Ringa Rehe

Painter of Mana

Digging with the KōPāora TūhaereTe Hira Te KawauWiremu Tāmihana Tarapīpipi Te WaharoaHōri Kīngi Te ĀnauaPōmare II, known as Whiria, later Whētoi Pōmare IIPare Wātene'In days gone by' Fire-MakingEruera Maihi PatuoneRuka AratapuTakerei Te RauangaangaPera Te Rangituatahi TūtokoHūria Ngārongoā Kātene MātengaWhitiora Te KumeteHuria MatengaHēnare PōtaeTomika Te MutuKeeta Te KaniThe Tohunga Under TapuTāmati Ngāpora ManuhiriTōkena Te KerēhiHākopa Te Ata-o-TūWiremu Nēra Te AwaitaiaHōne Heke Ngāpua [MHR]Tāraia Ngākuti Te TumuhuiaTomika Te Mutu, chief of the Ngaiterangi tribe, Bay of Plenty, New ZealandKamariera Te Hautākiri WharepapaRāpata Wahawaha [Major, NZC]Tāmati Pirimona MarinoKai TimeĪhaka WhaangaTāmati Wāka Te PuhiAna Rupene and ChildTe Horetā Te TaniwhaMāori WomanWiremu Te ManewhaAnehanaTaonui HīkakaJames Carroll [Hon, MLC, later Sir]Heta Te HaaraErueti TamaikōhāKewene Te HahoTe HāpukuWāhine Weaving KākahuTe Rangi TopeoraTāmati Wāka NenePāora TūhaereHōri Kerei Taiaroa [Hon, MLC]'Happy days' Playing Ruru or FivestonesHōri Ngākapa Te WhanaungaHeeni Hirini and childHāmiora TūWāhine and Kōhine Making KetePakewa [previously identified as Te Rangipikinga]Māori PortraitParatene Te ManuWiremu Tako Ngātata [Hon, MLC]Tūkāroto Matutaera Pōtatau Te Wherowhero TāwhiaoThe Tohunga Tā Moko at WorkMere Kuru Te KatiRewi Manga ManiapotoTūhoto ArikiRetimana Te ManiaWaata Kukutai [Major]Wahanui Reihana Te HuatareWīremu Parata Te Kākākura WaipunāhauTukukino Te AhiātaewaTe Paea HinerangiRēnata Kawepō Tama-ki-HikurangiRatene Hihitawa

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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