Lindauer Ringa Rehe

Painter of Mana

Hōri Kerei Taiaroa [Hon, MLC]The Tohunga Tā Moko at WorkHāmiora TūTōkena Te KerēhiHūria Ngārongoā Kātene MātengaTāraia Ngākuti Te TumuhuiaPera Te Rangituatahi TūtokoTaonui HīkakaParatene Te ManuTe Horetā Te TaniwhaĪhaka WhaangaPāora TūhaereRēnata Kawepō Tama-ki-HikurangiAnehanaWāhine Weaving KākahuTomika Te Mutu, chief of the Ngaiterangi tribe, Bay of Plenty, New ZealandTāmati Wāka NenePāora TūhaerePakewa [previously identified as Te Rangipikinga]Kai TimeEruera Maihi PatuoneTūkāroto Matutaera Pōtatau Te Wherowhero TāwhiaoWīremu Parata Te Kākākura WaipunāhauWhitiora Te KumeteKeeta Te KaniTūhoto Ariki'In days gone by' Fire-MakingHeta Te HaaraTe Rangi TopeoraKewene Te HahoThe Tohunga Under TapuWaata Kukutai [Major]Pōmare II, known as Whiria, later Whētoi Pōmare IIRewi Manga ManiapotoPare WāteneKamariera Te Hautākiri WharepapaRāpata Wahawaha [Major, NZC]Wāhine and Kōhine Making KeteHēnare PōtaeAna Rupene and ChildRetimana Te ManiaTomika Te MutuTakerei Te RauangaangaTukukino Te AhiātaewaRuka AratapuMāori WomanTāmati Wāka Te PuhiTe HāpukuWiremu Tāmihana Tarapīpipi Te WaharoaWiremu Te ManewhaHōne Heke Ngāpua [MHR]Huria MatengaTe Hira Te KawauTe Paea HinerangiErueti TamaikōhāTāmati Ngāpora ManuhiriWiremu Nēra Te AwaitaiaHākopa Te Ata-o-TūMere Kuru Te KatiWahanui Reihana Te HuatareTāmati Pirimona MarinoRatene HihitawaMāori PortraitDigging with the KōHōri Kīngi Te ĀnauaWiremu Tako Ngātata [Hon, MLC]Hōri Ngākapa Te Whanaunga'Happy days' Playing Ruru or FivestonesHeeni Hirini and childJames Carroll [Hon, MLC, later Sir]

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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