Lindauer Ringa Rehe

Painter of Mana

Kamariera Te Hautākiri WharepapaRāpata Wahawaha [Major, NZC]Māori PortraitTe Paea HinerangiMere Kuru Te KatiRuka AratapuJames Carroll [Hon, MLC, later Sir]'Happy days' Playing Ruru or FivestonesPōmare II, known as Whiria, later Whētoi Pōmare IITukukino Te AhiātaewaĪhaka WhaangaTe Hira Te KawauAna Rupene and ChildTe Rangi TopeoraKeeta Te KaniTe Horetā Te TaniwhaWiremu Tāmihana Tarapīpipi Te WaharoaPāora TūhaereKai TimeHōri Kerei Taiaroa [Hon, MLC]Wāhine Weaving KākahuPera Te Rangituatahi TūtokoHōri Ngākapa Te WhanaungaHūria Ngārongoā Kātene MātengaTūhoto ArikiTakerei Te RauangaangaHōne Heke Ngāpua [MHR]Tāraia Ngākuti Te TumuhuiaHeta Te HaaraWāhine and Kōhine Making KeteMāori WomanTāmati Pirimona MarinoPare WāteneTāmati Ngāpora ManuhiriHēnare PōtaeWaata Kukutai [Major]Pāora TūhaereTāmati Wāka NeneRatene HihitawaRewi Manga ManiapotoWiremu Nēra Te AwaitaiaTomika Te MutuTāmati Wāka Te PuhiWhitiora Te KumeteTaonui HīkakaTe HāpukuThe Tohunga Tā Moko at WorkTōkena Te KerēhiRēnata Kawepō Tama-ki-HikurangiHāmiora TūTūkāroto Matutaera Pōtatau Te Wherowhero TāwhiaoParatene Te ManuErueti TamaikōhāKewene Te HahoHākopa Te Ata-o-TūEruera Maihi PatuoneTomika Te Mutu, chief of the Ngaiterangi tribe, Bay of Plenty, New ZealandDigging with the KōPakewa [previously identified as Te Rangipikinga]Wiremu Tako Ngātata [Hon, MLC]Wīremu Parata Te Kākākura WaipunāhauWiremu Te ManewhaHuria MatengaAnehanaHōri Kīngi Te ĀnauaWahanui Reihana Te Huatare'In days gone by' Fire-MakingRetimana Te ManiaHeeni Hirini and childThe Tohunga Under Tapu

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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