Lindauer Ringa Rehe

Painter of Mana

Māori PortraitPāora TūhaereHōri Kerei Taiaroa [Hon, MLC]Tūkāroto Matutaera Pōtatau Te Wherowhero TāwhiaoRēnata Kawepō Tama-ki-HikurangiWāhine and Kōhine Making KetePāora Tūhaere'Happy days' Playing Ruru or FivestonesTukukino Te AhiātaewaHeeni Hirini and childTāmati Ngāpora ManuhiriHōri Kīngi Te ĀnauaWiremu Tako Ngātata [Hon, MLC]Paratene Te ManuTāraia Ngākuti Te TumuhuiaTe Horetā Te TaniwhaHōri Ngākapa Te WhanaungaHōne Heke Ngāpua [MHR]Mere Kuru Te KatiTe Paea HinerangiAna Rupene and ChildMāori WomanThe Tohunga Under TapuRāpata Wahawaha [Major, NZC]Wiremu Te ManewhaTe Hira Te KawauKamariera Te Hautākiri WharepapaHēnare PōtaeHākopa Te Ata-o-TūHeta Te HaaraRuka AratapuEruera Maihi PatuoneHāmiora TūPōmare II, known as Whiria, later Whētoi Pōmare IITomika Te Mutu, chief of the Ngaiterangi tribe, Bay of Plenty, New ZealandWahanui Reihana Te HuatareWhitiora Te KumeteRatene HihitawaTomika Te MutuHūria Ngārongoā Kātene MātengaRewi Manga ManiapotoTāmati Pirimona MarinoHuria MatengaTe Rangi TopeoraTakerei Te RauangaangaAnehanaPakewa [previously identified as Te Rangipikinga]Keeta Te KaniWāhine Weaving KākahuRetimana Te ManiaWaata Kukutai [Major]Pare WāteneTāmati Wāka NeneErueti TamaikōhāPera Te Rangituatahi TūtokoWiremu Nēra Te AwaitaiaKewene Te HahoThe Tohunga Tā Moko at WorkTūhoto ArikiJames Carroll [Hon, MLC, later Sir]Te HāpukuWiremu Tāmihana Tarapīpipi Te WaharoaWīremu Parata Te Kākākura WaipunāhauTaonui HīkakaTāmati Wāka Te Puhi'In days gone by' Fire-MakingDigging with the KōKai TimeTōkena Te KerēhiĪhaka Whaanga

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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