Lindauer Ringa Rehe

Painter of Mana

Tomika Te MutuWaata Kukutai [Major]Rāpata Wahawaha [Major, NZC]Erueti TamaikōhāTāmati Wāka Te PuhiHūria Ngārongoā Kātene MātengaTaonui Hīkaka'Happy days' Playing Ruru or FivestonesAna Rupene and ChildTe Hira Te KawauRēnata Kawepō Tama-ki-HikurangiPōmare II, known as Whiria, later Whētoi Pōmare IITomika Te Mutu, chief of the Ngaiterangi tribe, Bay of Plenty, New ZealandRetimana Te ManiaMāori WomanParatene Te ManuHōri Kīngi Te ĀnauaHeta Te HaaraRatene HihitawaKewene Te HahoPare WāteneWhitiora Te KumeteKeeta Te KaniWiremu Tako Ngātata [Hon, MLC]Wāhine and Kōhine Making KeteThe Tohunga Tā Moko at WorkPāora TūhaereThe Tohunga Under TapuMere Kuru Te KatiTōkena Te KerēhiHāmiora TūTāraia Ngākuti Te TumuhuiaTāmati Ngāpora ManuhiriTūkāroto Matutaera Pōtatau Te Wherowhero TāwhiaoTe HāpukuJames Carroll [Hon, MLC, later Sir]Wāhine Weaving KākahuTe Paea HinerangiTūhoto ArikiPakewa [previously identified as Te Rangipikinga]Te Horetā Te TaniwhaWahanui Reihana Te HuatareTāmati Pirimona MarinoWīremu Parata Te Kākākura WaipunāhauĪhaka WhaangaWiremu Tāmihana Tarapīpipi Te WaharoaPera Te Rangituatahi TūtokoKamariera Te Hautākiri WharepapaTāmati Wāka NeneEruera Maihi PatuoneMāori PortraitPāora TūhaereHeeni Hirini and childKai TimeTakerei Te RauangaangaHōri Kerei Taiaroa [Hon, MLC]Wiremu Te ManewhaHākopa Te Ata-o-TūWiremu Nēra Te AwaitaiaTe Rangi Topeora'In days gone by' Fire-MakingDigging with the KōRuka AratapuRewi Manga ManiapotoHēnare PōtaeHuria MatengaHōne Heke Ngāpua [MHR]Hōri Ngākapa Te WhanaungaAnehanaTukukino Te Ahiātaewa

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. 

Pukapuka Manuhiri

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.

Ako tonuLearn more
Pukapuka Manuhiri