Lindauer Ringa Rehe

Painter of Mana

Heta Te HaaraTaonui HīkakaHuria MatengaRēnata Kawepō Tama-ki-HikurangiTāmati Wāka NeneWīremu Parata Te Kākākura WaipunāhauRuka AratapuWāhine Weaving KākahuPāora TūhaereHūria Ngārongoā Kātene MātengaJames Carroll [Hon, MLC, later Sir]Heeni Hirini and childRetimana Te ManiaHōne Heke Ngāpua [MHR]Pakewa [previously identified as Te Rangipikinga]Tomika Te MutuHōri Ngākapa Te WhanaungaTe Paea HinerangiRatene HihitawaPare WāteneWahanui Reihana Te HuatareHēnare PōtaeWiremu Te ManewhaWāhine and Kōhine Making KeteHākopa Te Ata-o-TūWiremu Tako Ngātata [Hon, MLC]Māori PortraitAna Rupene and ChildTāmati Ngāpora ManuhiriTomika Te Mutu, chief of the Ngaiterangi tribe, Bay of Plenty, New ZealandKeeta Te KaniThe Tohunga Tā Moko at WorkHōri Kīngi Te ĀnauaTāraia Ngākuti Te TumuhuiaRāpata Wahawaha [Major, NZC]Takerei Te RauangaangaTāmati Wāka Te PuhiTe Rangi TopeoraTāmati Pirimona MarinoKamariera Te Hautākiri WharepapaPōmare II, known as Whiria, later Whētoi Pōmare IIMāori WomanThe Tohunga Under TapuKewene Te HahoWaata Kukutai [Major]Tūkāroto Matutaera Pōtatau Te Wherowhero TāwhiaoHōri Kerei Taiaroa [Hon, MLC]Tūhoto ArikiEruera Maihi PatuoneKai TimeTukukino Te Ahiātaewa'Happy days' Playing Ruru or FivestonesAnehanaPāora TūhaereMere Kuru Te KatiParatene Te ManuTe Horetā Te TaniwhaTe HāpukuErueti Tamaikōhā'In days gone by' Fire-MakingHāmiora TūWhitiora Te KumetePera Te Rangituatahi TūtokoWiremu Tāmihana Tarapīpipi Te WaharoaTe Hira Te KawauWiremu Nēra Te AwaitaiaDigging with the KōTōkena Te KerēhiĪhaka WhaangaRewi Manga Maniapoto

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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