Lindauer Ringa Rehe

Painter of Mana

Ana Rupene and ChildTūkāroto Matutaera Pōtatau Te Wherowhero TāwhiaoRewi Manga ManiapotoTāmati Wāka Te PuhiTaonui HīkakaTe Paea HinerangiMere Kuru Te KatiTe Horetā Te TaniwhaHōri Ngākapa Te WhanaungaWiremu Tāmihana Tarapīpipi Te WaharoaRāpata Wahawaha [Major, NZC]Te Hira Te KawauParatene Te ManuHūria Ngārongoā Kātene MātengaThe Tohunga Tā Moko at WorkTāmati Wāka Nene'In days gone by' Fire-MakingWiremu Te ManewhaHōri Kīngi Te ĀnauaPāora TūhaereWahanui Reihana Te HuatareAnehanaĪhaka WhaangaWhitiora Te KumeteRēnata Kawepō Tama-ki-HikurangiPāora TūhaereWīremu Parata Te Kākākura WaipunāhauEruera Maihi PatuoneTūhoto ArikiHuria MatengaKeeta Te KaniHeeni Hirini and childPōmare II, known as Whiria, later Whētoi Pōmare IIHōne Heke Ngāpua [MHR]Tōkena Te KerēhiWiremu Tako Ngātata [Hon, MLC]Te Rangi TopeoraErueti TamaikōhāHākopa Te Ata-o-TūRetimana Te ManiaHōri Kerei Taiaroa [Hon, MLC]Tukukino Te AhiātaewaTāmati Pirimona MarinoTomika Te MutuHeta Te HaaraWiremu Nēra Te AwaitaiaKewene Te HahoMāori WomanPakewa [previously identified as Te Rangipikinga]Kai TimeTāraia Ngākuti Te TumuhuiaWāhine and Kōhine Making KeteHēnare PōtaeTomika Te Mutu, chief of the Ngaiterangi tribe, Bay of Plenty, New ZealandRuka AratapuDigging with the KōPare WāteneWāhine Weaving KākahuJames Carroll [Hon, MLC, later Sir]'Happy days' Playing Ruru or FivestonesThe Tohunga Under TapuMāori PortraitHāmiora TūRatene HihitawaTakerei Te RauangaangaPera Te Rangituatahi TūtokoTe HāpukuTāmati Ngāpora ManuhiriWaata Kukutai [Major]Kamariera Te Hautākiri Wharepapa

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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