Lindauer Ringa Rehe

Painter of Mana

Wiremu Tako Ngātata [Hon, MLC]Ratene HihitawaMāori WomanEruera Maihi PatuoneThe Tohunga Tā Moko at WorkWaata Kukutai [Major]Kamariera Te Hautākiri WharepapaThe Tohunga Under TapuPōmare II, known as Whiria, later Whētoi Pōmare IIHāmiora TūTāmati Pirimona MarinoTomika Te Mutu, chief of the Ngaiterangi tribe, Bay of Plenty, New ZealandWhitiora Te KumeteTāmati Wāka NeneRēnata Kawepō Tama-ki-HikurangiPera Te Rangituatahi TūtokoTe Horetā Te TaniwhaTāraia Ngākuti Te TumuhuiaTūkāroto Matutaera Pōtatau Te Wherowhero TāwhiaoJames Carroll [Hon, MLC, later Sir]Erueti Tamaikōhā'Happy days' Playing Ruru or FivestonesKai TimePare WāteneHēnare PōtaeTūhoto ArikiKewene Te HahoWahanui Reihana Te HuatarePakewa [previously identified as Te Rangipikinga]Wiremu Nēra Te AwaitaiaKeeta Te KaniMāori PortraitAna Rupene and Child'In days gone by' Fire-MakingMere Kuru Te KatiWiremu Tāmihana Tarapīpipi Te WaharoaHākopa Te Ata-o-TūPāora TūhaereRuka AratapuTe Hira Te KawauTe HāpukuTakerei Te RauangaangaParatene Te ManuWāhine Weaving KākahuRāpata Wahawaha [Major, NZC]Huria MatengaTe Paea HinerangiHōri Kerei Taiaroa [Hon, MLC]Wiremu Te ManewhaHōri Kīngi Te ĀnauaWāhine and Kōhine Making KeteAnehanaDigging with the KōPāora TūhaereHeeni Hirini and childWīremu Parata Te Kākākura WaipunāhauTomika Te MutuTe Rangi TopeoraTōkena Te KerēhiRetimana Te ManiaTāmati Ngāpora ManuhiriTukukino Te AhiātaewaHeta Te HaaraHōne Heke Ngāpua [MHR]Taonui HīkakaHūria Ngārongoā Kātene MātengaRewi Manga ManiapotoĪhaka WhaangaHōri Ngākapa Te WhanaungaTāmati Wāka Te Puhi

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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