Lindauer Ringa Rehe

Painter of Mana

Pāora TūhaereTōkena Te KerēhiWīremu Parata Te Kākākura WaipunāhauHōri Ngākapa Te WhanaungaHēnare PōtaeMāori WomanWiremu Tako Ngātata [Hon, MLC]'In days gone by' Fire-MakingTaonui HīkakaMere Kuru Te KatiTomika Te Mutu, chief of the Ngaiterangi tribe, Bay of Plenty, New ZealandHeeni Hirini and childTe Paea Hinerangi'Happy days' Playing Ruru or FivestonesTāraia Ngākuti Te TumuhuiaTe Hira Te KawauRāpata Wahawaha [Major, NZC]Tāmati Ngāpora ManuhiriKeeta Te KaniTe Horetā Te TaniwhaJames Carroll [Hon, MLC, later Sir]Pare WātenePera Te Rangituatahi TūtokoWiremu Tāmihana Tarapīpipi Te WaharoaWhitiora Te KumeteKai TimeWiremu Nēra Te AwaitaiaThe Tohunga Under TapuWaata Kukutai [Major]Hōne Heke Ngāpua [MHR]Pāora TūhaereErueti TamaikōhāTe HāpukuWiremu Te ManewhaHuria MatengaKamariera Te Hautākiri WharepapaTāmati Pirimona MarinoAna Rupene and ChildTāmati Wāka NeneRuka AratapuWāhine and Kōhine Making KeteHāmiora TūTūkāroto Matutaera Pōtatau Te Wherowhero TāwhiaoEruera Maihi PatuonePakewa [previously identified as Te Rangipikinga]Tukukino Te AhiātaewaRewi Manga ManiapotoThe Tohunga Tā Moko at WorkParatene Te ManuTāmati Wāka Te PuhiHōri Kīngi Te ĀnauaRetimana Te ManiaKewene Te HahoĪhaka WhaangaAnehanaPōmare II, known as Whiria, later Whētoi Pōmare IIWāhine Weaving KākahuDigging with the KōRēnata Kawepō Tama-ki-HikurangiHōri Kerei Taiaroa [Hon, MLC]Hākopa Te Ata-o-TūTomika Te MutuHeta Te HaaraRatene HihitawaMāori PortraitTe Rangi TopeoraTakerei Te RauangaangaTūhoto ArikiWahanui Reihana Te HuatareHūria Ngārongoā Kātene Mātenga

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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