Lindauer Ringa Rehe

Painter of Mana

Pare Wātene'In days gone by' Fire-MakingRewi Manga ManiapotoMāori PortraitTāmati Wāka Te PuhiTāmati Pirimona MarinoPāora TūhaereWhitiora Te KumeteHūria Ngārongoā Kātene MātengaWiremu Tāmihana Tarapīpipi Te WaharoaHuria MatengaWiremu Te ManewhaWahanui Reihana Te HuatareWāhine and Kōhine Making KeteWīremu Parata Te Kākākura WaipunāhauTūkāroto Matutaera Pōtatau Te Wherowhero TāwhiaoTāraia Ngākuti Te TumuhuiaKai TimeAna Rupene and ChildEruera Maihi PatuonePakewa [previously identified as Te Rangipikinga]Māori WomanRatene HihitawaTāmati Wāka NeneĪhaka WhaangaRuka AratapuTe Horetā Te TaniwhaRāpata Wahawaha [Major, NZC]Hōri Ngākapa Te WhanaungaKeeta Te KaniHēnare PōtaeTe Hira Te KawauTe Rangi TopeoraErueti TamaikōhāTomika Te Mutu, chief of the Ngaiterangi tribe, Bay of Plenty, New ZealandTomika Te MutuHākopa Te Ata-o-TūWāhine Weaving KākahuTe HāpukuPera Te Rangituatahi TūtokoDigging with the KōTūhoto ArikiThe Tohunga Under TapuHeeni Hirini and childKewene Te HahoTukukino Te AhiātaewaRēnata Kawepō Tama-ki-HikurangiHeta Te HaaraThe Tohunga Tā Moko at WorkTāmati Ngāpora ManuhiriPōmare II, known as Whiria, later Whētoi Pōmare IIWaata Kukutai [Major]AnehanaRetimana Te ManiaTaonui HīkakaMere Kuru Te KatiHāmiora Tū'Happy days' Playing Ruru or FivestonesHōri Kerei Taiaroa [Hon, MLC]Wiremu Nēra Te AwaitaiaHōri Kīngi Te ĀnauaHōne Heke Ngāpua [MHR]Te Paea HinerangiWiremu Tako Ngātata [Hon, MLC]Takerei Te RauangaangaJames Carroll [Hon, MLC, later Sir]Paratene Te ManuTōkena Te KerēhiKamariera Te Hautākiri WharepapaPāora Tūhaere

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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