Lindauer Ringa Rehe

Painter of Mana

Pakewa [previously identified as Te Rangipikinga]Māori WomanRāpata Wahawaha [Major, NZC]Wīremu Parata Te Kākākura WaipunāhauHūria Ngārongoā Kātene MātengaWhitiora Te KumeteKai TimeRewi Manga ManiapotoRuka AratapuDigging with the KōRēnata Kawepō Tama-ki-HikurangiAna Rupene and ChildTe Horetā Te TaniwhaWāhine Weaving KākahuTāraia Ngākuti Te TumuhuiaHōne Heke Ngāpua [MHR]Heeni Hirini and childTe Paea HinerangiEruera Maihi PatuoneTūhoto ArikiKeeta Te KaniRatene HihitawaPare Wātene'In days gone by' Fire-MakingHākopa Te Ata-o-TūHeta Te HaaraHēnare PōtaeTūkāroto Matutaera Pōtatau Te Wherowhero TāwhiaoKamariera Te Hautākiri WharepapaTāmati Wāka Te PuhiTomika Te Mutu, chief of the Ngaiterangi tribe, Bay of Plenty, New ZealandWiremu Te ManewhaTukukino Te AhiātaewaKewene Te HahoJames Carroll [Hon, MLC, later Sir]Tāmati Wāka NeneTakerei Te RauangaangaTōkena Te KerēhiWiremu Tāmihana Tarapīpipi Te WaharoaWahanui Reihana Te HuatareThe Tohunga Under TapuWāhine and Kōhine Making KeteHōri Kīngi Te ĀnauaPōmare II, known as Whiria, later Whētoi Pōmare IIWiremu Tako Ngātata [Hon, MLC]Retimana Te ManiaHuria MatengaPāora TūhaerePāora TūhaereTomika Te MutuHōri Kerei Taiaroa [Hon, MLC]Waata Kukutai [Major]Mere Kuru Te KatiTāmati Ngāpora ManuhiriAnehanaTe Rangi TopeoraWiremu Nēra Te AwaitaiaParatene Te ManuTāmati Pirimona MarinoHōri Ngākapa Te WhanaungaTaonui HīkakaHāmiora TūTe Hira Te KawauTe HāpukuThe Tohunga Tā Moko at Work'Happy days' Playing Ruru or FivestonesErueti TamaikōhāMāori PortraitPera Te Rangituatahi TūtokoĪhaka Whaanga

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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