Lindauer Ringa Rehe

Painter of Mana

The Tohunga Tā Moko at WorkWiremu Tako Ngātata [Hon, MLC]Erueti TamaikōhāPāora TūhaereTomika Te Mutu, chief of the Ngaiterangi tribe, Bay of Plenty, New ZealandKewene Te HahoTomika Te MutuTe HāpukuHāmiora TūPāora TūhaereRēnata Kawepō Tama-ki-HikurangiParatene Te ManuWīremu Parata Te Kākākura WaipunāhauTūkāroto Matutaera Pōtatau Te Wherowhero TāwhiaoWiremu Nēra Te AwaitaiaHōri Kerei Taiaroa [Hon, MLC]Te Hira Te KawauWaata Kukutai [Major]Wāhine and Kōhine Making KeteKeeta Te KaniPare WāteneRuka AratapuHōri Ngākapa Te WhanaungaTāmati Wāka NeneRāpata Wahawaha [Major, NZC]Ratene HihitawaTūhoto ArikiTakerei Te RauangaangaHeta Te HaaraHēnare PōtaeĪhaka WhaangaMere Kuru Te KatiHuria MatengaRewi Manga ManiapotoPera Te Rangituatahi TūtokoKai TimeTāmati Wāka Te PuhiHeeni Hirini and childAnehanaRetimana Te ManiaTōkena Te KerēhiTāmati Pirimona MarinoTaonui HīkakaHākopa Te Ata-o-TūAna Rupene and Child'In days gone by' Fire-MakingHōne Heke Ngāpua [MHR]Kamariera Te Hautākiri Wharepapa'Happy days' Playing Ruru or FivestonesWiremu Te ManewhaDigging with the KōPōmare II, known as Whiria, later Whētoi Pōmare IIThe Tohunga Under TapuJames Carroll [Hon, MLC, later Sir]Tāmati Ngāpora ManuhiriHūria Ngārongoā Kātene MātengaHōri Kīngi Te ĀnauaWiremu Tāmihana Tarapīpipi Te WaharoaTe Paea HinerangiEruera Maihi PatuoneTāraia Ngākuti Te TumuhuiaWahanui Reihana Te HuatareMāori WomanWāhine Weaving KākahuTe Rangi TopeoraTe Horetā Te TaniwhaTukukino Te AhiātaewaMāori PortraitWhitiora Te KumetePakewa [previously identified as Te Rangipikinga]

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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