Lindauer Ringa Rehe

Painter of Mana

Tūkāroto Matutaera Pōtatau Te Wherowhero TāwhiaoHōri Kerei Taiaroa [Hon, MLC]Rāpata Wahawaha [Major, NZC]Ratene HihitawaTe Hira Te KawauPakewa [previously identified as Te Rangipikinga]Pare WāteneAnehanaWiremu Te ManewhaJames Carroll [Hon, MLC, later Sir]Māori WomanMere Kuru Te KatiPāora TūhaereWiremu Tako Ngātata [Hon, MLC]Waata Kukutai [Major]Whitiora Te KumeteKamariera Te Hautākiri WharepapaWāhine Weaving Kākahu'Happy days' Playing Ruru or FivestonesHōri Ngākapa Te WhanaungaTe Horetā Te TaniwhaTāmati Ngāpora ManuhiriTāraia Ngākuti Te TumuhuiaTakerei Te RauangaangaTāmati Wāka NenePāora TūhaereWahanui Reihana Te HuatareHāmiora TūPōmare II, known as Whiria, later Whētoi Pōmare IIRuka AratapuTōkena Te KerēhiTāmati Pirimona MarinoTe Rangi TopeoraHēnare PōtaeTomika Te MutuWiremu Nēra Te AwaitaiaHūria Ngārongoā Kātene MātengaWīremu Parata Te Kākākura WaipunāhauHākopa Te Ata-o-TūHeeni Hirini and childTāmati Wāka Te PuhiDigging with the KōTe Hāpuku'In days gone by' Fire-MakingEruera Maihi PatuoneAna Rupene and ChildThe Tohunga Tā Moko at WorkĪhaka WhaangaHōne Heke Ngāpua [MHR]Paratene Te ManuErueti TamaikōhāTūhoto ArikiKewene Te HahoRēnata Kawepō Tama-ki-HikurangiWāhine and Kōhine Making KeteThe Tohunga Under TapuRetimana Te ManiaKai TimeRewi Manga ManiapotoMāori PortraitKeeta Te KaniWiremu Tāmihana Tarapīpipi Te WaharoaTomika Te Mutu, chief of the Ngaiterangi tribe, Bay of Plenty, New ZealandTe Paea HinerangiHuria MatengaHeta Te HaaraPera Te Rangituatahi TūtokoHōri Kīngi Te ĀnauaTukukino Te AhiātaewaTaonui 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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