Lindauer Ringa Rehe

Painter of Mana

Tūkāroto Matutaera Pōtatau Te Wherowhero TāwhiaoHuria MatengaWiremu Tako Ngātata [Hon, MLC]Tāmati Wāka Te PuhiKai TimeWīremu Parata Te Kākākura WaipunāhauRēnata Kawepō Tama-ki-HikurangiPakewa [previously identified as Te Rangipikinga]Tūhoto ArikiTomika Te Mutu, chief of the Ngaiterangi tribe, Bay of Plenty, New ZealandDigging with the KōTe Paea HinerangiMāori WomanKamariera Te Hautākiri WharepapaHōri Ngākapa Te WhanaungaPāora TūhaereTāraia Ngākuti Te TumuhuiaRatene HihitawaHēnare PōtaeTomika Te MutuTe Rangi TopeoraTāmati Wāka NeneRuka AratapuHōne Heke Ngāpua [MHR]Rāpata Wahawaha [Major, NZC]Heeni Hirini and childKeeta Te KaniTōkena Te KerēhiWahanui Reihana Te HuatareTāmati Ngāpora ManuhiriHōri Kīngi Te ĀnauaMere Kuru Te KatiWiremu Nēra Te AwaitaiaTe Horetā Te TaniwhaWāhine and Kōhine Making KeteWaata Kukutai [Major]Pare WāteneRewi Manga ManiapotoMāori PortraitWiremu Te ManewhaTe Hira Te KawauAna Rupene and ChildThe Tohunga Under TapuRetimana Te ManiaTāmati Pirimona Marino'In days gone by' Fire-MakingKewene Te HahoWiremu Tāmihana Tarapīpipi Te WaharoaAnehanaHōri Kerei Taiaroa [Hon, MLC]Heta Te HaaraPera Te Rangituatahi TūtokoParatene Te ManuErueti TamaikōhāĪhaka WhaangaWhitiora Te KumeteHāmiora TūTaonui HīkakaTakerei Te RauangaangaEruera Maihi PatuonePāora Tūhaere'Happy days' Playing Ruru or FivestonesTe HāpukuHākopa Te Ata-o-TūTukukino Te AhiātaewaWāhine Weaving KākahuThe Tohunga Tā Moko at WorkPōmare II, known as Whiria, later Whētoi Pōmare IIHūria Ngārongoā Kātene MātengaJames 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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