Lindauer Ringa Rehe

Painter of Mana

'Happy days' Playing Ruru or FivestonesTaonui HīkakaHuria MatengaErueti TamaikōhāEruera Maihi PatuoneThe Tohunga Tā Moko at WorkTāmati Ngāpora ManuhiriPakewa [previously identified as Te Rangipikinga]Wiremu Tako Ngātata [Hon, MLC]Hēnare PōtaeRetimana Te ManiaPōmare II, known as Whiria, later Whētoi Pōmare IITōkena Te KerēhiTe Rangi TopeoraMāori WomanMere Kuru Te KatiKeeta Te KaniWahanui Reihana Te HuatareTāmati Wāka NeneTe Hira Te KawauKai TimeHōne Heke Ngāpua [MHR]Hōri Ngākapa Te WhanaungaRewi Manga ManiapotoHōri Kerei Taiaroa [Hon, MLC]The Tohunga Under TapuHōri Kīngi Te ĀnauaHeta Te HaaraWāhine Weaving KākahuRēnata Kawepō Tama-ki-HikurangiHūria Ngārongoā Kātene Mātenga'In days gone by' Fire-MakingWiremu Tāmihana Tarapīpipi Te WaharoaWaata Kukutai [Major]Hāmiora TūRatene HihitawaTukukino Te AhiātaewaRuka AratapuRāpata Wahawaha [Major, NZC]Paratene Te ManuPera Te Rangituatahi TūtokoWiremu Te ManewhaPāora TūhaerePare WāteneAnehanaTūkāroto Matutaera Pōtatau Te Wherowhero TāwhiaoTakerei Te RauangaangaWāhine and Kōhine Making KeteĪhaka WhaangaTūhoto ArikiTāraia Ngākuti Te TumuhuiaTe Horetā Te TaniwhaTomika Te Mutu, chief of the Ngaiterangi tribe, Bay of Plenty, New ZealandPāora TūhaereMāori PortraitKewene Te HahoKamariera Te Hautākiri WharepapaTe Paea HinerangiDigging with the KōWīremu Parata Te Kākākura WaipunāhauHeeni Hirini and childHākopa Te Ata-o-TūAna Rupene and ChildTomika Te MutuWhitiora Te KumeteTāmati Pirimona MarinoTāmati Wāka Te PuhiJames Carroll [Hon, MLC, later Sir]Te HāpukuWiremu 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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