Lindauer Ringa Rehe

Painter of Mana

Heta Te HaaraWaata Kukutai [Major]Hōri Kīngi Te ĀnauaRuka AratapuWiremu Te ManewhaWīremu Parata Te Kākākura WaipunāhauĪhaka WhaangaRetimana Te ManiaRāpata Wahawaha [Major, NZC]Kewene Te HahoJames Carroll [Hon, MLC, later Sir]Wāhine Weaving Kākahu'Happy days' Playing Ruru or FivestonesTukukino Te AhiātaewaPāora TūhaereAnehanaWiremu Tāmihana Tarapīpipi Te WaharoaThe Tohunga Tā Moko at WorkKai TimePakewa [previously identified as Te Rangipikinga]'In days gone by' Fire-MakingTe Paea HinerangiTaonui HīkakaTāmati Wāka NeneHōri Kerei Taiaroa [Hon, MLC]Tūhoto ArikiPera Te Rangituatahi TūtokoWiremu Tako Ngātata [Hon, MLC]Tāraia Ngākuti Te TumuhuiaHuria MatengaMāori PortraitWāhine and Kōhine Making KeteTe Horetā Te TaniwhaThe Tohunga Under TapuMere Kuru Te KatiTe HāpukuWhitiora Te KumeteAna Rupene and ChildWiremu Nēra Te AwaitaiaPare WāteneTāmati Pirimona MarinoTomika Te Mutu, chief of the Ngaiterangi tribe, Bay of Plenty, New ZealandHōri Ngākapa Te WhanaungaHeeni Hirini and childTāmati Ngāpora ManuhiriMāori WomanTomika Te MutuTe Rangi TopeoraHūria Ngārongoā Kātene MātengaKamariera Te Hautākiri WharepapaKeeta Te KaniHōne Heke Ngāpua [MHR]Eruera Maihi PatuoneTōkena Te KerēhiRewi Manga ManiapotoPōmare II, known as Whiria, later Whētoi Pōmare IIPāora TūhaereTūkāroto Matutaera Pōtatau Te Wherowhero TāwhiaoTe Hira Te KawauTakerei Te RauangaangaHākopa Te Ata-o-TūRēnata Kawepō Tama-ki-HikurangiRatene HihitawaParatene Te ManuTāmati Wāka Te PuhiDigging with the KōWahanui Reihana Te HuatareErueti TamaikōhāHāmiora TūHēnare Pōtae

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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