Lindauer Ringa Rehe

Painter of Mana

Wiremu Tako Ngātata [Hon, MLC]Tōkena Te KerēhiMāori WomanHuria MatengaTomika Te Mutu, chief of the Ngaiterangi tribe, Bay of Plenty, New ZealandHōri Kīngi Te Ānaua'Happy days' Playing Ruru or FivestonesTāmati Wāka Te PuhiErueti TamaikōhāWaata Kukutai [Major]Tāraia Ngākuti Te TumuhuiaPāora TūhaereMere Kuru Te KatiKamariera Te Hautākiri WharepapaTāmati Ngāpora ManuhiriKewene Te HahoPakewa [previously identified as Te Rangipikinga]Wiremu Te ManewhaTomika Te MutuHēnare PōtaeThe Tohunga Under TapuWahanui Reihana Te HuatareWiremu Nēra Te AwaitaiaHākopa Te Ata-o-TūTūhoto ArikiAna Rupene and ChildHōri Kerei Taiaroa [Hon, MLC]'In days gone by' Fire-MakingJames Carroll [Hon, MLC, later Sir]Pāora TūhaereTe Hira Te KawauTakerei Te RauangaangaWāhine Weaving KākahuKeeta Te KaniRuka AratapuAnehanaWāhine and Kōhine Making KeteRatene HihitawaTe Paea HinerangiHāmiora TūWhitiora Te KumeteRewi Manga ManiapotoPare WāteneHōne Heke Ngāpua [MHR]Paratene Te ManuDigging with the KōRāpata Wahawaha [Major, NZC]Heta Te HaaraĪhaka WhaangaRetimana Te ManiaHōri Ngākapa Te WhanaungaTūkāroto Matutaera Pōtatau Te Wherowhero TāwhiaoTe HāpukuTāmati Pirimona MarinoTukukino Te AhiātaewaKai TimePera Te Rangituatahi TūtokoWiremu Tāmihana Tarapīpipi Te WaharoaTe Rangi TopeoraHūria Ngārongoā Kātene MātengaEruera Maihi PatuoneMāori PortraitPōmare II, known as Whiria, later Whētoi Pōmare IIHeeni Hirini and childWīremu Parata Te Kākākura WaipunāhauRēnata Kawepō Tama-ki-HikurangiTe Horetā Te TaniwhaThe Tohunga Tā Moko at WorkTaonui HīkakaTāmati Wāka Nene

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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