Lindauer Ringa Rehe

Painter of Mana

Wāhine Weaving KākahuAna Rupene and ChildTakerei Te RauangaangaHākopa Te Ata-o-TūRāpata Wahawaha [Major, NZC]Tāmati Ngāpora ManuhiriEruera Maihi PatuoneDigging with the KōMere Kuru Te KatiTe Paea HinerangiRetimana Te ManiaTomika Te MutuHeta Te HaaraHōri Kerei Taiaroa [Hon, MLC]Pōmare II, known as Whiria, later Whētoi Pōmare IITāraia Ngākuti Te TumuhuiaTaonui HīkakaTukukino Te AhiātaewaPera Te Rangituatahi TūtokoHēnare PōtaeKeeta Te KaniTāmati Wāka Te PuhiRuka AratapuRēnata Kawepō Tama-ki-HikurangiWaata Kukutai [Major]Hāmiora TūTūhoto ArikiHōri Ngākapa Te WhanaungaPare WātenePakewa [previously identified as Te Rangipikinga]'In days gone by' Fire-MakingKewene Te HahoTomika Te Mutu, chief of the Ngaiterangi tribe, Bay of Plenty, New ZealandPāora TūhaereWāhine and Kōhine Making KeteWiremu Tako Ngātata [Hon, MLC]Te Hira Te KawauWiremu Te ManewhaHeeni Hirini and childTe Horetā Te TaniwhaKai TimeMāori WomanParatene Te ManuTāmati Wāka NeneRewi Manga ManiapotoHōne Heke Ngāpua [MHR]James Carroll [Hon, MLC, later Sir]Kamariera Te Hautākiri WharepapaHuria MatengaPāora TūhaereTe Rangi TopeoraRatene HihitawaAnehana'Happy days' Playing Ruru or FivestonesĪhaka WhaangaThe Tohunga Tā Moko at WorkThe Tohunga Under TapuTōkena Te KerēhiWiremu Nēra Te AwaitaiaMāori PortraitTe HāpukuWahanui Reihana Te HuatareWīremu Parata Te Kākākura WaipunāhauErueti TamaikōhāTāmati Pirimona MarinoWiremu Tāmihana Tarapīpipi Te WaharoaTūkāroto Matutaera Pōtatau Te Wherowhero TāwhiaoWhitiora Te KumeteHūria Ngārongoā Kātene MātengaHōri Kīngi Te Ānaua

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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