Lindauer Ringa Rehe

Painter of Mana

Kai TimeErueti TamaikōhāRetimana Te ManiaWhitiora Te KumetePōmare II, known as Whiria, later Whētoi Pōmare IITe Hira Te KawauTāmati Pirimona MarinoHeta Te HaaraWiremu Tako Ngātata [Hon, MLC]Tāmati Ngāpora ManuhiriRāpata Wahawaha [Major, NZC]Kamariera Te Hautākiri WharepapaWahanui Reihana Te HuatareTāmati Wāka NeneRewi Manga ManiapotoTomika Te MutuTāmati Wāka Te PuhiPare WāteneHuria MatengaWiremu Nēra Te AwaitaiaAna Rupene and ChildTāraia Ngākuti Te TumuhuiaĪhaka WhaangaWīremu Parata Te Kākākura WaipunāhauHōri Kerei Taiaroa [Hon, MLC]Te Horetā Te TaniwhaThe Tohunga Under TapuHōri Ngākapa Te WhanaungaWiremu Te Manewha'Happy days' Playing Ruru or FivestonesRatene HihitawaWāhine and Kōhine Making Kete'In days gone by' Fire-MakingTōkena Te KerēhiEruera Maihi PatuoneHāmiora TūRēnata Kawepō Tama-ki-HikurangiTukukino Te AhiātaewaHākopa Te Ata-o-TūTe Rangi TopeoraPāora TūhaereRuka AratapuTomika Te Mutu, chief of the Ngaiterangi tribe, Bay of Plenty, New ZealandHēnare PōtaeTe HāpukuAnehanaJames Carroll [Hon, MLC, later Sir]Keeta Te KaniKewene Te HahoThe Tohunga Tā Moko at WorkWiremu Tāmihana Tarapīpipi Te WaharoaPera Te Rangituatahi TūtokoMāori WomanTūhoto ArikiDigging with the KōMere Kuru Te KatiPāora TūhaereWāhine Weaving KākahuHōne Heke Ngāpua [MHR]Waata Kukutai [Major]Tūkāroto Matutaera Pōtatau Te Wherowhero TāwhiaoParatene Te ManuMāori PortraitHōri Kīngi Te ĀnauaHeeni Hirini and childHūria Ngārongoā Kātene MātengaPakewa [previously identified as Te Rangipikinga]Te Paea HinerangiTaonui HīkakaTakerei Te Rauangaanga

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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