Lindauer Ringa Rehe

Painter of Mana

Hēnare PōtaeWiremu Tako Ngātata [Hon, MLC]Tāmati Wāka Te PuhiHōri Ngākapa Te WhanaungaThe Tohunga Tā Moko at WorkPōmare II, known as Whiria, later Whētoi Pōmare IIWiremu Nēra Te AwaitaiaMāori WomanTāmati Wāka NeneEruera Maihi PatuoneHuria MatengaTe Horetā Te TaniwhaDigging with the Kō'In days gone by' Fire-MakingTāraia Ngākuti Te TumuhuiaHōri Kerei Taiaroa [Hon, MLC]Wīremu Parata Te Kākākura WaipunāhauRatene HihitawaPāora TūhaereKeeta Te KaniTomika Te Mutu, chief of the Ngaiterangi tribe, Bay of Plenty, New ZealandRēnata Kawepō Tama-ki-Hikurangi'Happy days' Playing Ruru or FivestonesPare WāteneHōri Kīngi Te ĀnauaTe Paea HinerangiTe Hira Te KawauThe Tohunga Under TapuHākopa Te Ata-o-TūTukukino Te AhiātaewaTāmati Pirimona MarinoWiremu Tāmihana Tarapīpipi Te WaharoaKewene Te HahoRetimana Te ManiaTaonui HīkakaErueti TamaikōhāRuka AratapuĪhaka WhaangaTāmati Ngāpora ManuhiriTōkena Te KerēhiWiremu Te ManewhaTakerei Te RauangaangaRāpata Wahawaha [Major, NZC]Māori PortraitPāora TūhaereRewi Manga ManiapotoWāhine Weaving KākahuTe Rangi TopeoraHeta Te HaaraAnehanaKai TimeWahanui Reihana Te HuatareWhitiora Te KumeteMere Kuru Te KatiHūria Ngārongoā Kātene MātengaTūhoto ArikiTūkāroto Matutaera Pōtatau Te Wherowhero TāwhiaoHeeni Hirini and childPakewa [previously identified as Te Rangipikinga]Waata Kukutai [Major]Paratene Te ManuTe HāpukuJames Carroll [Hon, MLC, later Sir]Tomika Te MutuWāhine and Kōhine Making KeteAna Rupene and ChildHāmiora TūPera Te Rangituatahi TūtokoHōne Heke Ngāpua [MHR]Kamariera Te Hautākiri Wharepapa

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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