Lindauer Ringa Rehe

Painter of Mana

Digging with the KōRatene HihitawaRēnata Kawepō Tama-ki-HikurangiTōkena Te KerēhiEruera Maihi PatuoneTāmati Wāka Te PuhiTaonui HīkakaWāhine and Kōhine Making KetePāora TūhaerePare WāteneAnehanaHōri Kerei Taiaroa [Hon, MLC]Hōri Ngākapa Te WhanaungaTukukino Te AhiātaewaJames Carroll [Hon, MLC, later Sir]Hōri Kīngi Te ĀnauaHeta Te HaaraWiremu Tāmihana Tarapīpipi Te WaharoaErueti TamaikōhāMere Kuru Te KatiRāpata Wahawaha [Major, NZC]The Tohunga Tā Moko at WorkWiremu Nēra Te AwaitaiaWahanui Reihana Te HuatareTāraia Ngākuti Te TumuhuiaPakewa [previously identified as Te Rangipikinga]Hāmiora TūTūhoto ArikiHuria MatengaHūria Ngārongoā Kātene MātengaParatene Te ManuWīremu Parata Te Kākākura WaipunāhauTūkāroto Matutaera Pōtatau Te Wherowhero TāwhiaoTe Horetā Te TaniwhaAna Rupene and ChildKai TimeWiremu Tako Ngātata [Hon, MLC]Pāora TūhaereTe Paea HinerangiKewene Te HahoHākopa Te Ata-o-TūTomika Te Mutu, chief of the Ngaiterangi tribe, Bay of Plenty, New ZealandThe Tohunga Under TapuMāori WomanTe HāpukuPera Te Rangituatahi TūtokoMāori PortraitHeeni Hirini and childTomika Te MutuTakerei Te RauangaangaTe Hira Te KawauHōne Heke Ngāpua [MHR]Īhaka WhaangaWiremu Te Manewha'Happy days' Playing Ruru or Fivestones'In days gone by' Fire-MakingTāmati Pirimona MarinoRuka AratapuTe Rangi TopeoraWaata Kukutai [Major]Whitiora Te KumeteRetimana Te ManiaHēnare PōtaeKeeta Te KaniTāmati Ngāpora ManuhiriPōmare II, known as Whiria, later Whētoi Pōmare IIRewi Manga ManiapotoWāhine Weaving KākahuKamariera Te Hautākiri WharepapaTāmati Wāka Nene

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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