Lindauer Ringa Rehe

Painter of Mana

Eruera Maihi PatuoneTe Rangi TopeoraWhitiora Te KumeteTaonui HīkakaHuria MatengaKai TimeErueti TamaikōhāHōri Kerei Taiaroa [Hon, MLC]Wiremu Nēra Te AwaitaiaKamariera Te Hautākiri WharepapaPāora TūhaereTe Paea HinerangiTakerei Te RauangaangaWaata Kukutai [Major]Tomika Te Mutu, chief of the Ngaiterangi tribe, Bay of Plenty, New ZealandTūhoto ArikiTāmati Wāka NeneWāhine and Kōhine Making KeteWiremu Tako Ngātata [Hon, MLC]The Tohunga Tā Moko at WorkTāmati Wāka Te PuhiPāora TūhaereTūkāroto Matutaera Pōtatau Te Wherowhero TāwhiaoHōri Kīngi Te ĀnauaPera Te Rangituatahi TūtokoTe Hira Te KawauKewene Te HahoJames Carroll [Hon, MLC, later Sir]Tōkena Te KerēhiKeeta Te KaniHēnare PōtaeDigging with the KōThe Tohunga Under TapuRāpata Wahawaha [Major, NZC]Tāmati Pirimona MarinoHūria Ngārongoā Kātene MātengaTukukino Te AhiātaewaPare WāteneAna Rupene and ChildRewi Manga ManiapotoĪhaka WhaangaWīremu Parata Te Kākākura WaipunāhauTāraia Ngākuti Te TumuhuiaPōmare II, known as Whiria, later Whētoi Pōmare IIHeta Te HaaraMere Kuru Te KatiParatene Te ManuRatene HihitawaWiremu Te ManewhaTomika Te Mutu'In days gone by' Fire-MakingHōri Ngākapa Te WhanaungaHākopa Te Ata-o-TūHeeni Hirini and childWiremu Tāmihana Tarapīpipi Te WaharoaTāmati Ngāpora ManuhiriRēnata Kawepō Tama-ki-HikurangiMāori WomanAnehanaTe Horetā Te TaniwhaTe HāpukuMāori PortraitRuka AratapuRetimana Te Mania'Happy days' Playing Ruru or FivestonesHāmiora TūWāhine Weaving KākahuWahanui Reihana Te HuatarePakewa [previously identified as Te Rangipikinga]Hōne Heke Ngāpua [MHR]

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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