Lindauer Ringa Rehe

Painter of Mana

Pakewa [previously identified as Te Rangipikinga]James Carroll [Hon, MLC, later Sir]Pāora TūhaereWahanui Reihana Te HuatareHeta Te HaaraTāmati Wāka Te PuhiRatene HihitawaWiremu Tako Ngātata [Hon, MLC]Tāmati Ngāpora ManuhiriWiremu Nēra Te AwaitaiaTāraia Ngākuti Te TumuhuiaTe Horetā Te TaniwhaĪhaka WhaangaThe Tohunga Tā Moko at WorkTomika Te Mutu, chief of the Ngaiterangi tribe, Bay of Plenty, New ZealandRēnata Kawepō Tama-ki-HikurangiWhitiora Te KumeteHēnare PōtaeEruera Maihi PatuoneTe Hira Te KawauPera Te Rangituatahi TūtokoWīremu Parata Te Kākākura WaipunāhauAna Rupene and ChildHōne Heke Ngāpua [MHR]Ruka AratapuPare WāteneKeeta Te KaniKewene Te HahoTūkāroto Matutaera Pōtatau Te Wherowhero TāwhiaoKamariera Te Hautākiri WharepapaHāmiora TūTe Paea HinerangiTūhoto ArikiMāori WomanErueti TamaikōhāHōri Kerei Taiaroa [Hon, MLC]Tukukino Te AhiātaewaParatene Te ManuPāora TūhaereTe Rangi TopeoraWiremu Te ManewhaAnehana'In days gone by' Fire-MakingHōri Ngākapa Te WhanaungaHōri Kīngi Te ĀnauaTakerei Te RauangaangaTāmati Pirimona MarinoDigging with the KōWaata Kukutai [Major]Wiremu Tāmihana Tarapīpipi Te WaharoaHūria Ngārongoā Kātene MātengaRetimana Te ManiaWāhine and Kōhine Making KeteTāmati Wāka NenePōmare II, known as Whiria, later Whētoi Pōmare II'Happy days' Playing Ruru or FivestonesHuria MatengaTe HāpukuWāhine Weaving KākahuRewi Manga ManiapotoRāpata Wahawaha [Major, NZC]Hākopa Te Ata-o-TūHeeni Hirini and childThe Tohunga Under TapuMāori PortraitTomika Te MutuTaonui HīkakaKai TimeTōkena Te KerēhiMere Kuru Te Kati

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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