Lindauer Ringa Rehe

Painter of Mana

Tāmati Wāka NeneTūkāroto Matutaera Pōtatau Te Wherowhero TāwhiaoPāora TūhaereHūria Ngārongoā Kātene MātengaAna Rupene and ChildKamariera Te Hautākiri WharepapaKewene Te HahoWaata Kukutai [Major]Heta Te HaaraTomika Te MutuEruera Maihi PatuoneTōkena Te KerēhiHōri Kīngi Te ĀnauaParatene Te ManuTāmati Pirimona MarinoPera Te Rangituatahi TūtokoRetimana Te ManiaRuka AratapuJames Carroll [Hon, MLC, later Sir]Wiremu Tako Ngātata [Hon, MLC]Hākopa Te Ata-o-TūKai TimeRāpata Wahawaha [Major, NZC]Heeni Hirini and childWiremu Nēra Te AwaitaiaHāmiora TūPāora TūhaereTāmati Wāka Te PuhiWāhine and Kōhine Making KeteTe Rangi TopeoraĪhaka WhaangaTe Hira Te KawauRatene HihitawaWīremu Parata Te Kākākura WaipunāhauPare Wātene'In days gone by' Fire-MakingTūhoto ArikiPōmare II, known as Whiria, later Whētoi Pōmare IIWahanui Reihana Te HuatareTe HāpukuErueti TamaikōhāRewi Manga Maniapoto'Happy days' Playing Ruru or FivestonesHēnare PōtaeMere Kuru Te KatiAnehanaTomika Te Mutu, chief of the Ngaiterangi tribe, Bay of Plenty, New ZealandHuria MatengaTe Paea HinerangiTāraia Ngākuti Te TumuhuiaHōne Heke Ngāpua [MHR]Wiremu Tāmihana Tarapīpipi Te WaharoaPakewa [previously identified as Te Rangipikinga]Tukukino Te AhiātaewaThe Tohunga Tā Moko at WorkTe Horetā Te TaniwhaWiremu Te ManewhaRēnata Kawepō Tama-ki-HikurangiHōri Ngākapa Te WhanaungaDigging with the KōKeeta Te KaniTakerei Te RauangaangaMāori PortraitTāmati Ngāpora ManuhiriThe Tohunga Under TapuWhitiora Te KumeteWāhine Weaving KākahuMāori WomanHōri Kerei Taiaroa [Hon, MLC]Taonui Hīkaka

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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