Lindauer Ringa Rehe

Painter of Mana

Tāmati Ngāpora ManuhiriTāmati Pirimona MarinoĪhaka WhaangaRewi Manga ManiapotoTaonui HīkakaTe Paea HinerangiWhitiora Te KumeteRāpata Wahawaha [Major, NZC]Hāmiora TūAna Rupene and ChildTe Rangi TopeoraWiremu Nēra Te AwaitaiaHeta Te HaaraPōmare II, known as Whiria, later Whētoi Pōmare IIKamariera Te Hautākiri WharepapaKai TimeHōne Heke Ngāpua [MHR]Tūhoto ArikiRatene HihitawaDigging with the KōHeeni Hirini and childErueti TamaikōhāThe Tohunga Tā Moko at WorkHuria MatengaHōri Ngākapa Te WhanaungaWiremu Tako Ngātata [Hon, MLC]'Happy days' Playing Ruru or FivestonesRēnata Kawepō Tama-ki-HikurangiEruera Maihi PatuoneAnehanaKewene Te HahoHākopa Te Ata-o-TūTomika Te Mutu, chief of the Ngaiterangi tribe, Bay of Plenty, New ZealandPare WāteneRuka AratapuTomika Te MutuRetimana Te ManiaWaata Kukutai [Major]'In days gone by' Fire-MakingParatene Te ManuTāmati Wāka NeneTe Hira Te KawauJames Carroll [Hon, MLC, later Sir]Wāhine Weaving KākahuHōri Kerei Taiaroa [Hon, MLC]Tukukino Te AhiātaewaTūkāroto Matutaera Pōtatau Te Wherowhero TāwhiaoPāora TūhaereMāori PortraitThe Tohunga Under TapuPera Te Rangituatahi TūtokoWahanui Reihana Te HuatareTāraia Ngākuti Te TumuhuiaWiremu Tāmihana Tarapīpipi Te WaharoaTōkena Te KerēhiKeeta Te KaniWīremu Parata Te Kākākura WaipunāhauHūria Ngārongoā Kātene MātengaWiremu Te ManewhaWāhine and Kōhine Making KeteTe HāpukuTakerei Te RauangaangaPakewa [previously identified as Te Rangipikinga]Hōri Kīngi Te ĀnauaPāora TūhaereMāori WomanTe Horetā Te TaniwhaHēnare PōtaeTāmati Wāka Te PuhiMere Kuru Te Kati

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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