Lindauer Ringa Rehe

Painter of Mana

Wīremu Parata Te Kākākura WaipunāhauHōri Kīngi Te ĀnauaKewene Te HahoWiremu Tako Ngātata [Hon, MLC]Tūkāroto Matutaera Pōtatau Te Wherowhero TāwhiaoTe Hira Te KawauErueti TamaikōhāĪhaka WhaangaJames Carroll [Hon, MLC, later Sir]Paratene Te ManuMāori PortraitTe Paea HinerangiWiremu Nēra Te AwaitaiaTe Rangi TopeoraWiremu Tāmihana Tarapīpipi Te WaharoaWhitiora Te KumeteHēnare PōtaeTomika Te MutuTāmati Pirimona MarinoHōne Heke Ngāpua [MHR]Ruka AratapuWāhine and Kōhine Making KeteThe Tohunga Under TapuRēnata Kawepō Tama-ki-Hikurangi'Happy days' Playing Ruru or FivestonesTūhoto ArikiKai TimeTāmati Wāka NeneWāhine Weaving KākahuRewi Manga ManiapotoTaonui HīkakaKamariera Te Hautākiri WharepapaPare WāteneMere Kuru Te KatiHōri Ngākapa Te WhanaungaTāmati Ngāpora ManuhiriKeeta Te KaniPakewa [previously identified as Te Rangipikinga]Pāora TūhaereAnehanaEruera Maihi PatuoneHāmiora TūTe Horetā Te TaniwhaMāori WomanHākopa Te Ata-o-TūPōmare II, known as Whiria, later Whētoi Pōmare IIThe Tohunga Tā Moko at WorkTōkena Te KerēhiTukukino Te AhiātaewaHuria MatengaWaata Kukutai [Major]Tāraia Ngākuti Te TumuhuiaHōri Kerei Taiaroa [Hon, MLC]Wiremu Te ManewhaTāmati Wāka Te PuhiAna Rupene and ChildHeta Te HaaraRāpata Wahawaha [Major, NZC]Tomika Te Mutu, chief of the Ngaiterangi tribe, Bay of Plenty, New ZealandRatene HihitawaWahanui Reihana Te HuatarePera Te Rangituatahi Tūtoko'In days gone by' Fire-MakingHeeni Hirini and childTe HāpukuTakerei Te RauangaangaHūria Ngārongoā Kātene MātengaRetimana Te ManiaDigging with the KōPāora Tūhaere

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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