Lindauer Ringa Rehe

Painter of Mana

Hākopa Te Ata-o-TūTāraia Ngākuti Te TumuhuiaRēnata Kawepō Tama-ki-HikurangiTe HāpukuErueti TamaikōhāPera Te Rangituatahi TūtokoTe Hira Te KawauHōri Kīngi Te ĀnauaMāori PortraitKewene Te HahoTāmati Pirimona MarinoHeeni Hirini and childĪhaka WhaangaTe Horetā Te TaniwhaRuka AratapuHēnare PōtaeThe Tohunga Under TapuHūria Ngārongoā Kātene MātengaWahanui Reihana Te HuatareTūhoto ArikiTāmati Wāka Te PuhiHōne Heke Ngāpua [MHR]Paratene Te ManuKeeta Te KaniJames Carroll [Hon, MLC, later Sir]Heta Te HaaraPare WāteneRatene HihitawaTōkena Te KerēhiThe Tohunga Tā Moko at WorkTe Rangi TopeoraWiremu Te ManewhaMāori WomanHōri Kerei Taiaroa [Hon, MLC]Kamariera Te Hautākiri WharepapaPāora TūhaereHuria Matenga'Happy days' Playing Ruru or FivestonesRetimana Te ManiaTakerei Te RauangaangaTāmati Wāka NeneAna Rupene and ChildTāmati Ngāpora Manuhiri'In days gone by' Fire-MakingDigging with the KōWāhine and Kōhine Making KeteWīremu Parata Te Kākākura WaipunāhauKai TimeWiremu Tako Ngātata [Hon, MLC]Te Paea HinerangiAnehanaHōri Ngākapa Te WhanaungaTūkāroto Matutaera Pōtatau Te Wherowhero TāwhiaoPakewa [previously identified as Te Rangipikinga]Waata Kukutai [Major]Wiremu Nēra Te AwaitaiaEruera Maihi PatuoneWhitiora Te KumetePōmare II, known as Whiria, later Whētoi Pōmare IIWiremu Tāmihana Tarapīpipi Te WaharoaRewi Manga ManiapotoTomika Te Mutu, chief of the Ngaiterangi tribe, Bay of Plenty, New ZealandRāpata Wahawaha [Major, NZC]Hāmiora TūMere Kuru Te KatiTomika Te MutuTaonui HīkakaPāora TūhaereWāhine Weaving KākahuTukukino Te Ahiātaewa

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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