Lindauer Ringa Rehe

Painter of Mana

Hōne Heke Ngāpua [MHR]Taonui HīkakaĪhaka WhaangaPōmare II, known as Whiria, later Whētoi Pōmare IIPāora TūhaereHūria Ngārongoā Kātene Mātenga'In days gone by' Fire-MakingHeta Te HaaraWāhine and Kōhine Making KeteParatene Te ManuWiremu Tako Ngātata [Hon, MLC]Tūkāroto Matutaera Pōtatau Te Wherowhero TāwhiaoTomika Te MutuWiremu Tāmihana Tarapīpipi Te WaharoaTe Horetā Te TaniwhaHākopa Te Ata-o-TūEruera Maihi PatuonePāora TūhaereKai TimeThe Tohunga Tā Moko at WorkPare WātenePakewa [previously identified as Te Rangipikinga]Tomika Te Mutu, chief of the Ngaiterangi tribe, Bay of Plenty, New ZealandWiremu Nēra Te AwaitaiaWahanui Reihana Te HuatareKewene Te HahoRuka AratapuWaata Kukutai [Major]Hēnare PōtaeTāmati Ngāpora ManuhiriWhitiora Te KumeteTāraia Ngākuti Te TumuhuiaHōri Kerei Taiaroa [Hon, MLC]Rāpata Wahawaha [Major, NZC]Rēnata Kawepō Tama-ki-HikurangiTe Hira Te KawauTakerei Te RauangaangaTāmati Pirimona MarinoHōri Kīngi Te ĀnauaPera Te Rangituatahi TūtokoWīremu Parata Te Kākākura WaipunāhauTōkena Te KerēhiHāmiora TūAna Rupene and ChildTāmati Wāka Te PuhiHuria MatengaWiremu Te ManewhaRetimana Te ManiaRewi Manga ManiapotoTe Rangi TopeoraTe HāpukuTukukino Te AhiātaewaThe Tohunga Under TapuMere Kuru Te KatiTe Paea HinerangiKamariera Te Hautākiri WharepapaWāhine Weaving KākahuJames Carroll [Hon, MLC, later Sir]Ratene HihitawaErueti TamaikōhāMāori WomanTāmati Wāka NeneHōri Ngākapa Te WhanaungaTūhoto ArikiKeeta Te KaniHeeni Hirini and childDigging with the Kō'Happy days' Playing Ruru or FivestonesMāori PortraitAnehana

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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