Lindauer Ringa Rehe

Painter of Mana

Hōri Kīngi Te ĀnauaWiremu Nēra Te AwaitaiaJames Carroll [Hon, MLC, later Sir]Kai TimeMāori WomanPare WāteneErueti TamaikōhāTe HāpukuThe Tohunga Tā Moko at WorkTāraia Ngākuti Te TumuhuiaRatene HihitawaRetimana Te ManiaWhitiora Te KumeteĪhaka WhaangaPōmare II, known as Whiria, later Whētoi Pōmare IIPāora TūhaereHeta Te HaaraPāora TūhaereTomika Te Mutu, chief of the Ngaiterangi tribe, Bay of Plenty, New ZealandRuka AratapuWāhine Weaving KākahuPera Te Rangituatahi TūtokoTe Rangi TopeoraRewi Manga ManiapotoWahanui Reihana Te HuatareRāpata Wahawaha [Major, NZC]AnehanaWāhine and Kōhine Making KeteTūkāroto Matutaera Pōtatau Te Wherowhero TāwhiaoPakewa [previously identified as Te Rangipikinga]Hūria Ngārongoā Kātene MātengaTe Horetā Te TaniwhaTāmati Wāka NeneTaonui HīkakaWīremu Parata Te Kākākura WaipunāhauTukukino Te AhiātaewaTomika Te MutuDigging with the KōRēnata Kawepō Tama-ki-HikurangiParatene Te ManuHōri Ngākapa Te WhanaungaHākopa Te Ata-o-TūWiremu Te ManewhaKamariera Te Hautākiri WharepapaTūhoto ArikiWaata Kukutai [Major]Hāmiora TūMāori PortraitKeeta Te KaniWiremu Tako Ngātata [Hon, MLC]Mere Kuru Te Kati'In days gone by' Fire-MakingHuria MatengaTōkena Te KerēhiHeeni Hirini and childWiremu Tāmihana Tarapīpipi Te WaharoaHōne Heke Ngāpua [MHR]Hēnare Pōtae'Happy days' Playing Ruru or FivestonesThe Tohunga Under TapuTe Hira Te KawauTāmati Wāka Te PuhiKewene Te HahoTe Paea HinerangiAna Rupene and ChildTakerei Te RauangaangaTāmati Pirimona MarinoHōri Kerei Taiaroa [Hon, MLC]Tāmati Ngāpora ManuhiriEruera Maihi Patuone

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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