Lindauer Ringa Rehe

Painter of Mana

Tōkena Te KerēhiWiremu Nēra Te AwaitaiaHōri Kīngi Te ĀnauaKeeta Te KaniErueti TamaikōhāKai TimeMāori WomanHeeni Hirini and childHōri Ngākapa Te WhanaungaTe Paea HinerangiHēnare PōtaeHākopa Te Ata-o-TūThe Tohunga Under TapuTomika Te MutuTe HāpukuTāmati Ngāpora ManuhiriWiremu Te ManewhaĪhaka WhaangaTe Rangi TopeoraMere Kuru Te KatiWiremu Tāmihana Tarapīpipi Te Waharoa'Happy days' Playing Ruru or FivestonesHāmiora TūMāori PortraitTomika Te Mutu, chief of the Ngaiterangi tribe, Bay of Plenty, New ZealandParatene Te ManuPōmare II, known as Whiria, later Whētoi Pōmare IIThe Tohunga Tā Moko at WorkTe Horetā Te TaniwhaTakerei Te RauangaangaDigging with the KōWāhine Weaving KākahuWīremu Parata Te Kākākura WaipunāhauKewene Te HahoHōne Heke Ngāpua [MHR]James Carroll [Hon, MLC, later Sir]Hōri Kerei Taiaroa [Hon, MLC]Tāmati Pirimona MarinoWaata Kukutai [Major]Rāpata Wahawaha [Major, NZC]Ana Rupene and ChildWahanui Reihana Te HuatareTāmati Wāka NeneTūhoto ArikiHuria MatengaPakewa [previously identified as Te Rangipikinga]Wāhine and Kōhine Making KeteTāmati Wāka Te PuhiRēnata Kawepō Tama-ki-HikurangiPāora TūhaereHūria Ngārongoā Kātene MātengaTe Hira Te KawauTukukino Te AhiātaewaRetimana Te ManiaTaonui HīkakaTūkāroto Matutaera Pōtatau Te Wherowhero TāwhiaoRatene HihitawaTāraia Ngākuti Te TumuhuiaPare WāteneWiremu Tako Ngātata [Hon, MLC]Eruera Maihi PatuonePera Te Rangituatahi TūtokoKamariera Te Hautākiri WharepapaRewi Manga Maniapoto'In days gone by' Fire-MakingWhitiora Te KumeteHeta Te HaaraPāora TūhaereAnehanaRuka Aratapu

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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