Lindauer Ringa Rehe

Painter of Mana

Anehana'Happy days' Playing Ruru or FivestonesWiremu Tako Ngātata [Hon, MLC]Whitiora Te KumeteMāori WomanTūkāroto Matutaera Pōtatau Te Wherowhero TāwhiaoWahanui Reihana Te HuatareKai TimePāora TūhaereHēnare PōtaePakewa [previously identified as Te Rangipikinga]Eruera Maihi PatuoneHāmiora TūHākopa Te Ata-o-TūHōne Heke Ngāpua [MHR]Īhaka WhaangaWāhine and Kōhine Making KeteTomika Te Mutu, chief of the Ngaiterangi tribe, Bay of Plenty, New ZealandTe Rangi TopeoraWiremu Te ManewhaTe Hira Te KawauHeta Te HaaraHōri Ngākapa Te WhanaungaTukukino Te AhiātaewaKeeta Te KaniDigging with the KōTe HāpukuThe Tohunga Tā Moko at WorkWīremu Parata Te Kākākura WaipunāhauTūhoto ArikiTāmati Ngāpora ManuhiriParatene Te ManuJames Carroll [Hon, MLC, later Sir]Erueti TamaikōhāTe Paea HinerangiMere Kuru Te KatiTakerei Te RauangaangaPāora TūhaereRewi Manga ManiapotoHeeni Hirini and childHōri Kīngi Te ĀnauaHuria MatengaTāmati Pirimona MarinoTāmati Wāka NeneTōkena Te KerēhiTāraia Ngākuti Te TumuhuiaRatene HihitawaHūria Ngārongoā Kātene MātengaTe Horetā Te TaniwhaTāmati Wāka Te PuhiRēnata Kawepō Tama-ki-HikurangiKewene Te Haho'In days gone by' Fire-MakingMāori PortraitTomika Te MutuWāhine Weaving KākahuThe Tohunga Under TapuAna Rupene and ChildRāpata Wahawaha [Major, NZC]Pōmare II, known as Whiria, later Whētoi Pōmare IIPare WāteneWaata Kukutai [Major]Pera Te Rangituatahi TūtokoKamariera Te Hautākiri WharepapaWiremu Tāmihana Tarapīpipi Te WaharoaRuka AratapuHōri Kerei Taiaroa [Hon, MLC]Taonui HīkakaRetimana Te ManiaWiremu Nēra Te Awaitaia

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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