Lindauer Ringa Rehe

Painter of Mana

Hōne Heke Ngāpua [MHR]Kai TimeTāraia Ngākuti Te TumuhuiaPare WāteneErueti TamaikōhāTūkāroto Matutaera Pōtatau Te Wherowhero TāwhiaoHeeni Hirini and childHākopa Te Ata-o-TūWhitiora Te KumeteWīremu Parata Te Kākākura WaipunāhauHōri Kerei Taiaroa [Hon, MLC]Keeta Te KaniDigging with the KōTe Paea HinerangiTāmati Pirimona MarinoPera Te Rangituatahi TūtokoMere Kuru Te KatiWiremu Tako Ngātata [Hon, MLC]Retimana Te ManiaRewi Manga Maniapoto'Happy days' Playing Ruru or FivestonesTe Rangi TopeoraHēnare PōtaeEruera Maihi PatuoneRatene HihitawaRuka AratapuThe Tohunga Tā Moko at WorkMāori WomanPāora TūhaereTomika Te MutuParatene Te ManuPāora TūhaereWaata Kukutai [Major]Rēnata Kawepō Tama-ki-HikurangiPakewa [previously identified as Te Rangipikinga]Tomika Te Mutu, chief of the Ngaiterangi tribe, Bay of Plenty, New ZealandTe Hira Te KawauHāmiora Tū'In days gone by' Fire-MakingTaonui HīkakaTakerei Te RauangaangaHuria MatengaWiremu Te ManewhaTe Horetā Te TaniwhaTāmati Wāka Te PuhiWiremu Nēra Te AwaitaiaWāhine Weaving KākahuKamariera Te Hautākiri WharepapaAnehanaTōkena Te KerēhiAna Rupene and ChildHūria Ngārongoā Kātene MātengaMāori PortraitThe Tohunga Under TapuĪhaka WhaangaPōmare II, known as Whiria, later Whētoi Pōmare IIHōri Kīngi Te ĀnauaRāpata Wahawaha [Major, NZC]James Carroll [Hon, MLC, later Sir]Heta Te HaaraTūhoto ArikiWahanui Reihana Te HuatareTe HāpukuWāhine and Kōhine Making KeteTukukino Te AhiātaewaKewene Te HahoTāmati Ngāpora ManuhiriHōri Ngākapa Te WhanaungaWiremu Tāmihana Tarapīpipi Te WaharoaTāmati 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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