Lindauer Ringa Rehe

Painter of Mana

Keeta Te KaniĪhaka WhaangaTe Horetā Te Taniwha'In days gone by' Fire-MakingPāora TūhaereTaonui HīkakaRatene HihitawaKewene Te HahoHōne Heke Ngāpua [MHR]Retimana Te ManiaAnehana'Happy days' Playing Ruru or FivestonesWiremu Tako Ngātata [Hon, MLC]Pakewa [previously identified as Te Rangipikinga]James Carroll [Hon, MLC, later Sir]Huria MatengaPare WāteneRēnata Kawepō Tama-ki-HikurangiTe Paea HinerangiWiremu Nēra Te AwaitaiaWaata Kukutai [Major]Wiremu Tāmihana Tarapīpipi Te WaharoaMāori PortraitThe Tohunga Tā Moko at WorkRuka AratapuHākopa Te Ata-o-TūAna Rupene and ChildPōmare II, known as Whiria, later Whētoi Pōmare IIHeta Te HaaraMāori WomanTakerei Te RauangaangaTe HāpukuTūhoto ArikiHāmiora TūPera Te Rangituatahi TūtokoWahanui Reihana Te HuatareHeeni Hirini and childKai TimeHōri Kīngi Te ĀnauaRewi Manga ManiapotoTāmati Pirimona MarinoRāpata Wahawaha [Major, NZC]Eruera Maihi PatuoneTe Hira Te KawauWiremu Te ManewhaTomika Te MutuTāmati Wāka Te PuhiWāhine and Kōhine Making KeteThe Tohunga Under TapuParatene Te ManuTomika Te Mutu, chief of the Ngaiterangi tribe, Bay of Plenty, New ZealandHōri Ngākapa Te WhanaungaTukukino Te AhiātaewaWāhine Weaving KākahuHūria Ngārongoā Kātene MātengaKamariera Te Hautākiri WharepapaTāraia Ngākuti Te TumuhuiaTūkāroto Matutaera Pōtatau Te Wherowhero TāwhiaoTōkena Te KerēhiHōri Kerei Taiaroa [Hon, MLC]Whitiora Te KumeteTāmati Ngāpora ManuhiriHēnare PōtaeDigging with the KōTāmati Wāka NeneTe Rangi TopeoraWīremu Parata Te Kākākura WaipunāhauMere Kuru Te KatiPāora TūhaereErueti Tamaikōhā

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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