Lindauer Ringa Rehe

Painter of Mana

Retimana Te ManiaTāmati Ngāpora ManuhiriKeeta Te KaniPare WāteneHōri Kerei Taiaroa [Hon, MLC]'Happy days' Playing Ruru or FivestonesTāraia Ngākuti Te TumuhuiaPakewa [previously identified as Te Rangipikinga]Te Paea HinerangiTūkāroto Matutaera Pōtatau Te Wherowhero TāwhiaoĪhaka WhaangaAnehanaHōne Heke Ngāpua [MHR]Hōri Ngākapa Te WhanaungaHākopa Te Ata-o-TūTomika Te MutuPāora TūhaereWiremu Tāmihana Tarapīpipi Te WaharoaWiremu Te ManewhaHēnare PōtaeWiremu Nēra Te AwaitaiaWiremu Tako Ngātata [Hon, MLC]Rēnata Kawepō Tama-ki-HikurangiDigging with the KōTōkena Te KerēhiKamariera Te Hautākiri WharepapaMāori WomanHūria Ngārongoā Kātene MātengaKewene Te HahoTe Horetā Te TaniwhaTe HāpukuMāori PortraitRewi Manga ManiapotoTūhoto ArikiRuka AratapuPāora TūhaereRatene HihitawaTe Rangi TopeoraJames Carroll [Hon, MLC, later Sir]Huria MatengaParatene Te ManuThe Tohunga Tā Moko at WorkPōmare II, known as Whiria, later Whētoi Pōmare IIHeeni Hirini and childTāmati Pirimona MarinoTe Hira Te KawauHeta Te HaaraWāhine Weaving KākahuWāhine and Kōhine Making Kete'In days gone by' Fire-MakingWahanui Reihana Te HuatareTaonui HīkakaThe Tohunga Under TapuTāmati Wāka NeneRāpata Wahawaha [Major, NZC]Mere Kuru Te KatiTomika Te Mutu, chief of the Ngaiterangi tribe, Bay of Plenty, New ZealandKai TimeEruera Maihi PatuoneTakerei Te RauangaangaHōri Kīngi Te ĀnauaWīremu Parata Te Kākākura WaipunāhauHāmiora TūPera Te Rangituatahi TūtokoErueti TamaikōhāTāmati Wāka Te PuhiTukukino Te AhiātaewaAna Rupene and ChildWaata Kukutai [Major]Whitiora Te Kumete

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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