Lindauer Ringa Rehe

Painter of Mana

Whitiora Te KumeteTūhoto ArikiWiremu Tako Ngātata [Hon, MLC]Tāmati Wāka Te PuhiRatene HihitawaĪhaka WhaangaAnehanaKamariera Te Hautākiri WharepapaMāori WomanWiremu Tāmihana Tarapīpipi Te WaharoaTāraia Ngākuti Te TumuhuiaTomika Te Mutu'Happy days' Playing Ruru or FivestonesPare WātenePakewa [previously identified as Te Rangipikinga]Pera Te Rangituatahi TūtokoRewi Manga ManiapotoThe Tohunga Tā Moko at WorkKewene Te HahoHākopa Te Ata-o-TūRetimana Te ManiaPāora TūhaereTakerei Te RauangaangaHōri Ngākapa Te WhanaungaWiremu Nēra Te AwaitaiaWaata Kukutai [Major]Māori PortraitTāmati Wāka NeneHōri Kerei Taiaroa [Hon, MLC]Wāhine Weaving KākahuHōne Heke Ngāpua [MHR]Tōkena Te KerēhiTaonui HīkakaMere Kuru Te KatiRāpata Wahawaha [Major, NZC]Wīremu Parata Te Kākākura WaipunāhauAna Rupene and ChildTūkāroto Matutaera Pōtatau Te Wherowhero TāwhiaoKeeta Te KaniHēnare PōtaeTe HāpukuWahanui Reihana Te Huatare'In days gone by' Fire-MakingJames Carroll [Hon, MLC, later Sir]Erueti TamaikōhāWāhine and Kōhine Making KeteTe Horetā Te TaniwhaTukukino Te AhiātaewaHeta Te HaaraTe Paea HinerangiDigging with the KōTomika Te Mutu, chief of the Ngaiterangi tribe, Bay of Plenty, New ZealandEruera Maihi PatuoneHāmiora TūHōri Kīngi Te ĀnauaHūria Ngārongoā Kātene MātengaTe Hira Te KawauTāmati Pirimona MarinoThe Tohunga Under TapuKai TimeParatene Te ManuTāmati Ngāpora ManuhiriRuka AratapuWiremu Te ManewhaHeeni Hirini and childPāora TūhaereHuria MatengaRēnata Kawepō Tama-ki-HikurangiTe Rangi TopeoraPōmare II, known as Whiria, later Whētoi Pōmare II

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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