Lindauer Ringa Rehe

Painter of Mana

Rēnata Kawepō Tama-ki-HikurangiTakerei Te RauangaangaTe Paea HinerangiWāhine Weaving KākahuErueti TamaikōhāPera Te Rangituatahi TūtokoKewene Te HahoTōkena Te KerēhiThe Tohunga Tā Moko at WorkRāpata Wahawaha [Major, NZC]Hōne Heke Ngāpua [MHR]Eruera Maihi PatuoneWiremu Te ManewhaHōri Ngākapa Te WhanaungaTe HāpukuKeeta Te KaniRetimana Te ManiaWiremu Nēra Te AwaitaiaTomika Te Mutu, chief of the Ngaiterangi tribe, Bay of Plenty, New ZealandTomika Te MutuHāmiora TūPāora TūhaereWiremu Tāmihana Tarapīpipi Te WaharoaKai TimeWaata Kukutai [Major]James Carroll [Hon, MLC, later Sir]Te Horetā Te TaniwhaPōmare II, known as Whiria, later Whētoi Pōmare IIDigging with the KōWāhine and Kōhine Making KeteMere Kuru Te KatiTāmati Ngāpora ManuhiriRatene HihitawaRewi Manga ManiapotoRuka AratapuTaonui HīkakaTāraia Ngākuti Te TumuhuiaTūkāroto Matutaera Pōtatau Te Wherowhero TāwhiaoWahanui Reihana Te HuatareHōri Kerei Taiaroa [Hon, MLC]Paratene Te ManuPāora TūhaereWiremu Tako Ngātata [Hon, MLC]Pakewa [previously identified as Te Rangipikinga]Hūria Ngārongoā Kātene MātengaHeta Te HaaraHuria MatengaTāmati Wāka NeneHākopa Te Ata-o-TūHēnare PōtaeTe Hira Te KawauAna Rupene and ChildAnehanaTūhoto Ariki'In days gone by' Fire-MakingMāori WomanPare WāteneHeeni Hirini and childTāmati Pirimona MarinoTukukino Te AhiātaewaMāori PortraitThe Tohunga Under TapuTāmati Wāka Te PuhiĪhaka WhaangaWhitiora Te KumeteHōri Kīngi Te ĀnauaKamariera Te Hautākiri WharepapaWīremu Parata Te Kākākura WaipunāhauTe Rangi Topeora'Happy days' Playing Ruru or Fivestones

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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