Lindauer Ringa Rehe

Painter of Mana

Paratene Te ManuRetimana Te ManiaTe Horetā Te TaniwhaTaonui HīkakaTūhoto ArikiTāmati Ngāpora ManuhiriTakerei Te RauangaangaRewi Manga ManiapotoRāpata Wahawaha [Major, NZC]Tāmati Pirimona MarinoWiremu Tāmihana Tarapīpipi Te WaharoaAna Rupene and ChildWiremu Tako Ngātata [Hon, MLC]Pakewa [previously identified as Te Rangipikinga]Ruka AratapuHeeni Hirini and childTe HāpukuRēnata Kawepō Tama-ki-HikurangiJames Carroll [Hon, MLC, later Sir]'Happy days' Playing Ruru or FivestonesHēnare PōtaeEruera Maihi PatuonePāora TūhaereTāraia Ngākuti Te TumuhuiaHōri Ngākapa Te WhanaungaHākopa Te Ata-o-TūHōri Kīngi Te ĀnauaMere Kuru Te KatiKai TimeHāmiora Tū'In days gone by' Fire-MakingRatene HihitawaWaata Kukutai [Major]Tukukino Te AhiātaewaWāhine and Kōhine Making KeteTe Rangi TopeoraKewene Te HahoThe Tohunga Under TapuHōne Heke Ngāpua [MHR]Pāora TūhaereTāmati Wāka NeneWāhine Weaving KākahuTe Hira Te KawauWiremu Nēra Te AwaitaiaTe Paea HinerangiTāmati Wāka Te PuhiHōri Kerei Taiaroa [Hon, MLC]Māori WomanWīremu Parata Te Kākākura WaipunāhauDigging with the KōAnehanaPera Te Rangituatahi TūtokoErueti TamaikōhāTūkāroto Matutaera Pōtatau Te Wherowhero TāwhiaoHuria MatengaTomika Te MutuTomika Te Mutu, chief of the Ngaiterangi tribe, Bay of Plenty, New ZealandKamariera Te Hautākiri WharepapaWahanui Reihana Te HuatareKeeta Te KaniPōmare II, known as Whiria, later Whētoi Pōmare IIHeta Te HaaraMāori PortraitĪhaka WhaangaWhitiora Te KumeteThe Tohunga Tā Moko at WorkWiremu Te ManewhaHūria Ngārongoā Kātene MātengaTōkena Te KerēhiPare Wātene

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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