Lindauer Ringa Rehe

Painter of Mana

Tomika Te Mutu, chief of the Ngaiterangi tribe, Bay of Plenty, New ZealandThe Tohunga Tā Moko at WorkHākopa Te Ata-o-TūWiremu Nēra Te AwaitaiaĪhaka WhaangaWaata Kukutai [Major]Te Paea HinerangiHūria Ngārongoā Kātene MātengaKewene Te HahoHeeni Hirini and childTukukino Te AhiātaewaTāraia Ngākuti Te TumuhuiaWhitiora Te KumeteHāmiora TūPakewa [previously identified as Te Rangipikinga]Pera Te Rangituatahi TūtokoPare WāteneRewi Manga ManiapotoTāmati Wāka NeneTe HāpukuDigging with the Kō'Happy days' Playing Ruru or FivestonesRāpata Wahawaha [Major, NZC]Māori PortraitTe Rangi TopeoraRatene HihitawaKai TimeHōri Kīngi Te ĀnauaWahanui Reihana Te HuatareTe Hira Te KawauWiremu Te ManewhaWāhine and Kōhine Making KeteAnehanaTūkāroto Matutaera Pōtatau Te Wherowhero TāwhiaoRuka AratapuWiremu Tako Ngātata [Hon, MLC]Keeta Te KaniHōne Heke Ngāpua [MHR]Retimana Te ManiaParatene Te Manu'In days gone by' Fire-MakingTōkena Te KerēhiThe Tohunga Under TapuPāora TūhaereHeta Te HaaraErueti TamaikōhāRēnata Kawepō Tama-ki-HikurangiTakerei Te RauangaangaWāhine Weaving KākahuTāmati Ngāpora ManuhiriKamariera Te Hautākiri WharepapaMere Kuru Te KatiMāori WomanHōri Kerei Taiaroa [Hon, MLC]Tāmati Pirimona MarinoHuria MatengaHēnare PōtaeHōri Ngākapa Te WhanaungaAna Rupene and ChildTāmati Wāka Te PuhiWiremu Tāmihana Tarapīpipi Te WaharoaWīremu Parata Te Kākākura WaipunāhauJames Carroll [Hon, MLC, later Sir]Eruera Maihi PatuonePāora TūhaereTūhoto ArikiTe Horetā Te TaniwhaPōmare II, known as Whiria, later Whētoi Pōmare IITomika Te MutuTaonui Hīkaka

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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