Lindauer Ringa Rehe

Painter of Mana

Tāmati Wāka Te PuhiWīremu Parata Te Kākākura WaipunāhauTe HāpukuTe Rangi TopeoraPāora TūhaereWāhine and Kōhine Making KeteErueti TamaikōhāTāmati Pirimona MarinoRetimana Te Mania'In days gone by' Fire-MakingHōri Kīngi Te ĀnauaEruera Maihi PatuoneMāori WomanRēnata Kawepō Tama-ki-HikurangiMāori PortraitWahanui Reihana Te HuatareWaata Kukutai [Major]Wiremu Tako Ngātata [Hon, MLC]Takerei Te RauangaangaPāora TūhaereHuria MatengaKai TimeTomika Te Mutu, chief of the Ngaiterangi tribe, Bay of Plenty, New ZealandAnehanaHeeni Hirini and childHōne Heke Ngāpua [MHR]Kamariera Te Hautākiri WharepapaHākopa Te Ata-o-TūWiremu Tāmihana Tarapīpipi Te WaharoaRewi Manga ManiapotoTōkena Te KerēhiJames Carroll [Hon, MLC, later Sir]Wāhine Weaving KākahuHāmiora TūAna Rupene and ChildPera Te Rangituatahi TūtokoKewene Te HahoRuka AratapuHōri Kerei Taiaroa [Hon, MLC]Ratene HihitawaHūria Ngārongoā Kātene MātengaTāmati Wāka NeneWiremu Te ManewhaĪhaka WhaangaDigging with the KōHeta Te HaaraTe Horetā Te TaniwhaWhitiora Te KumeteWiremu Nēra Te AwaitaiaThe Tohunga Tā Moko at WorkRāpata Wahawaha [Major, NZC]Tāmati Ngāpora ManuhiriTukukino Te AhiātaewaTūhoto ArikiPare WāteneTomika Te MutuKeeta Te KaniTe Paea Hinerangi'Happy days' Playing Ruru or FivestonesTaonui HīkakaParatene Te ManuTāraia Ngākuti Te TumuhuiaTe Hira Te KawauPōmare II, known as Whiria, later Whētoi Pōmare IIHōri Ngākapa Te WhanaungaHēnare PōtaePakewa [previously identified as Te Rangipikinga]Mere Kuru Te KatiTūkāroto Matutaera Pōtatau Te Wherowhero TāwhiaoThe Tohunga Under Tapu

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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