Lindauer Ringa Rehe

Painter of Mana

Tūkāroto Matutaera Pōtatau Te Wherowhero TāwhiaoHuria MatengaMere Kuru Te KatiHēnare PōtaeĪhaka WhaangaPakewa [previously identified as Te Rangipikinga]The Tohunga Tā Moko at WorkKai TimeRewi Manga ManiapotoWiremu Tāmihana Tarapīpipi Te WaharoaTūhoto ArikiTaonui HīkakaRēnata Kawepō Tama-ki-HikurangiRetimana Te ManiaRāpata Wahawaha [Major, NZC]Wiremu Tako Ngātata [Hon, MLC]Te Horetā Te TaniwhaTomika Te MutuTe Hira Te KawauHōri Kerei Taiaroa [Hon, MLC]Te Paea HinerangiEruera Maihi PatuoneKeeta Te KaniKewene Te HahoTāmati Wāka Te PuhiPera Te Rangituatahi TūtokoHāmiora TūHōri Ngākapa Te WhanaungaHōne Heke Ngāpua [MHR]Wiremu Nēra Te AwaitaiaPāora TūhaereMāori WomanHākopa Te Ata-o-TūTe Rangi TopeoraTomika Te Mutu, chief of the Ngaiterangi tribe, Bay of Plenty, New ZealandWīremu Parata Te Kākākura WaipunāhauTakerei Te RauangaangaWaata Kukutai [Major]James Carroll [Hon, MLC, later Sir]Tāraia Ngākuti Te TumuhuiaTe HāpukuHeeni Hirini and childTōkena Te KerēhiWahanui Reihana Te HuatareDigging with the KōPāora TūhaereParatene Te ManuHūria Ngārongoā Kātene MātengaTāmati Ngāpora ManuhiriPōmare II, known as Whiria, later Whētoi Pōmare II'In days gone by' Fire-MakingThe Tohunga Under TapuMāori PortraitWāhine Weaving KākahuTukukino Te AhiātaewaWhitiora Te KumeteHeta Te HaaraRatene HihitawaRuka AratapuWiremu Te ManewhaPare WāteneWāhine and Kōhine Making KeteTāmati Pirimona MarinoErueti TamaikōhāAnehanaHōri Kīngi Te Ānaua'Happy days' Playing Ruru or FivestonesTāmati Wāka NeneKamariera Te Hautākiri WharepapaAna Rupene and Child

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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