Lindauer Ringa Rehe

Painter of Mana

Wiremu Te ManewhaTāmati Wāka Te PuhiKamariera Te Hautākiri WharepapaWahanui Reihana Te HuatareRēnata Kawepō Tama-ki-HikurangiTōkena Te KerēhiEruera Maihi PatuoneWiremu Nēra Te AwaitaiaHeeni Hirini and childAnehanaRetimana Te ManiaHōri Kīngi Te ĀnauaErueti TamaikōhāRāpata Wahawaha [Major, NZC]Te Rangi TopeoraPare WāteneTe Hira Te KawauDigging with the KōThe Tohunga Tā Moko at WorkPakewa [previously identified as Te Rangipikinga]Tāmati Ngāpora ManuhiriTāmati Wāka NeneTe HāpukuWīremu Parata Te Kākākura WaipunāhauRatene HihitawaHōne Heke Ngāpua [MHR]Pāora TūhaereTe Paea HinerangiHōri Kerei Taiaroa [Hon, MLC]Mere Kuru Te KatiPera Te Rangituatahi TūtokoAna Rupene and ChildHāmiora TūWhitiora Te KumetePāora TūhaereHākopa Te Ata-o-TūTaonui HīkakaTāraia Ngākuti Te TumuhuiaTukukino Te AhiātaewaJames Carroll [Hon, MLC, later Sir]Tomika Te Mutu'In days gone by' Fire-MakingWiremu Tako Ngātata [Hon, MLC]Hūria Ngārongoā Kātene MātengaKeeta Te KaniRewi Manga ManiapotoKewene Te HahoĪhaka WhaangaWāhine Weaving KākahuMāori PortraitParatene Te ManuPōmare II, known as Whiria, later Whētoi Pōmare II'Happy days' Playing Ruru or FivestonesHēnare PōtaeTūkāroto Matutaera Pōtatau Te Wherowhero TāwhiaoTe Horetā Te TaniwhaHeta Te HaaraTāmati Pirimona MarinoWaata Kukutai [Major]Ruka AratapuWāhine and Kōhine Making KeteThe Tohunga Under TapuHōri Ngākapa Te WhanaungaTakerei Te RauangaangaHuria MatengaMāori WomanKai TimeTūhoto ArikiTomika Te Mutu, chief of the Ngaiterangi tribe, Bay of Plenty, New ZealandWiremu Tāmihana Tarapīpipi Te Waharoa

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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