Lindauer Ringa Rehe

Painter of Mana

Māori PortraitRāpata Wahawaha [Major, NZC]Tomika Te Mutu, chief of the Ngaiterangi tribe, Bay of Plenty, New ZealandTe Paea HinerangiTāmati Wāka NenePera Te Rangituatahi TūtokoHākopa Te Ata-o-TūTukukino Te AhiātaewaHēnare PōtaeWiremu Tāmihana Tarapīpipi Te WaharoaWāhine Weaving KākahuThe Tohunga Under TapuKewene Te HahoMāori WomanKamariera Te Hautākiri WharepapaRuka AratapuTe Hira Te KawauTe HāpukuThe Tohunga Tā Moko at WorkWaata Kukutai [Major]Tūkāroto Matutaera Pōtatau Te Wherowhero TāwhiaoHōne Heke Ngāpua [MHR]Hōri Kīngi Te ĀnauaPōmare II, known as Whiria, later Whētoi Pōmare IIWīremu Parata Te Kākākura WaipunāhauPare WāteneWiremu Nēra Te AwaitaiaMere Kuru Te KatiPakewa [previously identified as Te Rangipikinga]Hūria Ngārongoā Kātene MātengaAna Rupene and ChildHeeni Hirini and childĪhaka WhaangaRetimana Te ManiaHuria MatengaTāmati Ngāpora ManuhiriErueti TamaikōhāTāmati Pirimona MarinoTāmati Wāka Te PuhiHāmiora TūHōri Ngākapa Te WhanaungaTe Rangi TopeoraTaonui HīkakaWahanui Reihana Te HuatareTomika Te MutuPāora TūhaereAnehanaPāora TūhaereWhitiora Te KumeteKai TimeHeta Te HaaraTe Horetā Te Taniwha'Happy days' Playing Ruru or FivestonesTakerei Te RauangaangaRewi Manga ManiapotoWāhine and Kōhine Making KeteDigging with the KōEruera Maihi PatuoneWiremu Te ManewhaHōri Kerei Taiaroa [Hon, MLC]Wiremu Tako Ngātata [Hon, MLC]Tāraia Ngākuti Te TumuhuiaParatene Te ManuTōkena Te KerēhiRēnata Kawepō Tama-ki-HikurangiRatene Hihitawa'In days gone by' Fire-MakingJames Carroll [Hon, MLC, later Sir]Tūhoto ArikiKeeta Te Kani

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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