Lindauer Ringa Rehe

Painter of Mana

Hēnare PōtaeRatene HihitawaPakewa [previously identified as Te Rangipikinga]Te Hira Te KawauKai TimeHāmiora TūWāhine and Kōhine Making KetePare WāteneDigging with the KōTomika Te Mutu, chief of the Ngaiterangi tribe, Bay of Plenty, New ZealandTe Paea HinerangiHuria MatengaWāhine Weaving KākahuWiremu Te ManewhaRāpata Wahawaha [Major, NZC]Kamariera Te Hautākiri WharepapaRēnata Kawepō Tama-ki-HikurangiHōne Heke Ngāpua [MHR]Erueti TamaikōhāWhitiora Te KumeteTāmati Pirimona MarinoTōkena Te KerēhiTāmati Wāka Te PuhiPāora TūhaereJames Carroll [Hon, MLC, later Sir]Kewene Te HahoHākopa Te Ata-o-TūParatene Te ManuTe Rangi TopeoraMere Kuru Te KatiPōmare II, known as Whiria, later Whētoi Pōmare IIHūria Ngārongoā Kātene MātengaWahanui Reihana Te HuatareHōri Kīngi Te ĀnauaRewi Manga ManiapotoTe Horetā Te TaniwhaTāmati Ngāpora ManuhiriRuka Aratapu'Happy days' Playing Ruru or FivestonesEruera Maihi PatuoneRetimana Te ManiaTukukino Te AhiātaewaKeeta Te KaniMāori PortraitWīremu Parata Te Kākākura WaipunāhauWiremu Tako Ngātata [Hon, MLC]Taonui HīkakaHeeni Hirini and childTe HāpukuWiremu Nēra Te AwaitaiaMāori WomanTūkāroto Matutaera Pōtatau Te Wherowhero TāwhiaoTomika Te MutuWiremu Tāmihana Tarapīpipi Te WaharoaTakerei Te RauangaangaAna Rupene and ChildWaata Kukutai [Major]Īhaka WhaangaThe Tohunga Tā Moko at WorkAnehanaTāmati Wāka NeneTāraia Ngākuti Te Tumuhuia'In days gone by' Fire-MakingTūhoto ArikiPāora TūhaerePera Te Rangituatahi TūtokoHōri Kerei Taiaroa [Hon, MLC]Heta Te HaaraThe Tohunga Under TapuHōri Ngākapa Te Whanaunga

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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