Lindauer Ringa Rehe

Painter of Mana

Tāmati Ngāpora ManuhiriDigging with the KōErueti TamaikōhāWhitiora Te KumetePāora TūhaereTe Paea HinerangiHōri Kerei Taiaroa [Hon, MLC]Rewi Manga ManiapotoTe Hira Te KawauWīremu Parata Te Kākākura WaipunāhauTāmati Pirimona MarinoPāora TūhaereHeta Te HaaraThe Tohunga Tā Moko at WorkPare WāteneMere Kuru Te KatiKewene Te Haho'In days gone by' Fire-MakingHōri Kīngi Te ĀnauaTaonui HīkakaTe Rangi TopeoraKai TimeTe Horetā Te TaniwhaMāori PortraitRetimana Te ManiaMāori WomanRēnata Kawepō Tama-ki-HikurangiHōne Heke Ngāpua [MHR]Paratene Te ManuWaata Kukutai [Major]Kamariera Te Hautākiri WharepapaPera Te Rangituatahi TūtokoWāhine and Kōhine Making KeteHūria Ngārongoā Kātene MātengaTūhoto ArikiTōkena Te KerēhiTakerei Te RauangaangaAna Rupene and ChildWāhine Weaving KākahuJames Carroll [Hon, MLC, later Sir]Tukukino Te AhiātaewaTāmati Wāka Te PuhiRāpata Wahawaha [Major, NZC]Wiremu Te ManewhaPakewa [previously identified as Te Rangipikinga]Eruera Maihi PatuoneHākopa Te Ata-o-TūTe HāpukuHuria MatengaWiremu Tako Ngātata [Hon, MLC]Wiremu Nēra Te AwaitaiaRatene HihitawaWahanui Reihana Te HuatareAnehanaĪhaka WhaangaPōmare II, known as Whiria, later Whētoi Pōmare IIHōri Ngākapa Te WhanaungaRuka AratapuHēnare PōtaeTomika Te Mutu'Happy days' Playing Ruru or FivestonesTūkāroto Matutaera Pōtatau Te Wherowhero TāwhiaoHāmiora TūTāraia Ngākuti Te TumuhuiaThe Tohunga Under TapuWiremu Tāmihana Tarapīpipi Te WaharoaKeeta Te KaniTomika Te Mutu, chief of the Ngaiterangi tribe, Bay of Plenty, New ZealandHeeni Hirini and childTāmati Wāka Nene

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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