Lindauer Ringa Rehe

Painter of Mana

Heeni Hirini and childTūkāroto Matutaera Pōtatau Te Wherowhero TāwhiaoHūria Ngārongoā Kātene MātengaPare WāteneParatene Te ManuPōmare II, known as Whiria, later Whētoi Pōmare IIErueti TamaikōhāThe Tohunga Under TapuMāori PortraitAnehanaĪhaka WhaangaAna Rupene and ChildRuka AratapuEruera Maihi PatuoneTāmati Pirimona MarinoPāora TūhaereRetimana Te ManiaJames Carroll [Hon, MLC, later Sir]Digging with the KōTukukino Te AhiātaewaHākopa Te Ata-o-TūTāmati Wāka NeneThe Tohunga Tā Moko at Work'Happy days' Playing Ruru or FivestonesKamariera Te Hautākiri WharepapaHōri Kerei Taiaroa [Hon, MLC]Pāora TūhaereTakerei Te RauangaangaWahanui Reihana Te HuatareTāmati Wāka Te PuhiKai TimeHuria MatengaWāhine and Kōhine Making KeteKewene Te HahoMere Kuru Te KatiTomika Te Mutu, chief of the Ngaiterangi tribe, Bay of Plenty, New ZealandTāraia Ngākuti Te TumuhuiaWiremu Tāmihana Tarapīpipi Te WaharoaTe Rangi TopeoraTōkena Te KerēhiWhitiora Te KumeteHōne Heke Ngāpua [MHR]Waata Kukutai [Major]Wiremu Te ManewhaRāpata Wahawaha [Major, NZC]Tomika Te MutuMāori WomanTūhoto ArikiPakewa [previously identified as Te Rangipikinga]Heta Te HaaraPera Te Rangituatahi TūtokoWīremu Parata Te Kākākura WaipunāhauTe Hāpuku'In days gone by' Fire-MakingHōri Kīngi Te ĀnauaRatene HihitawaRēnata Kawepō Tama-ki-HikurangiWāhine Weaving KākahuHāmiora TūWiremu Tako Ngātata [Hon, MLC]Hōri Ngākapa Te WhanaungaWiremu Nēra Te AwaitaiaKeeta Te KaniTāmati Ngāpora ManuhiriTe Paea HinerangiTaonui HīkakaRewi Manga ManiapotoHēnare PōtaeTe Horetā Te TaniwhaTe Hira Te Kawau

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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