Lindauer Ringa Rehe

Painter of Mana

Tomika Te Mutu, chief of the Ngaiterangi tribe, Bay of Plenty, New ZealandHākopa Te Ata-o-TūThe Tohunga Under Tapu'Happy days' Playing Ruru or FivestonesHēnare PōtaeRuka AratapuTukukino Te AhiātaewaKewene Te HahoTūkāroto Matutaera Pōtatau Te Wherowhero TāwhiaoTāmati Pirimona Marino'In days gone by' Fire-MakingHeta Te HaaraRewi Manga ManiapotoWāhine Weaving KākahuWāhine and Kōhine Making KeteKai TimeThe Tohunga Tā Moko at WorkTāmati Wāka Te PuhiRāpata Wahawaha [Major, NZC]Pōmare II, known as Whiria, later Whētoi Pōmare IIHōri Kīngi Te ĀnauaMāori PortraitTe Rangi TopeoraHōri Kerei Taiaroa [Hon, MLC]Waata Kukutai [Major]Digging with the KōHūria Ngārongoā Kātene MātengaParatene Te ManuWhitiora Te KumeteWiremu Tako Ngātata [Hon, MLC]Pāora TūhaereKamariera Te Hautākiri WharepapaMere Kuru Te KatiTakerei Te RauangaangaTomika Te MutuTāraia Ngākuti Te TumuhuiaKeeta Te KaniTaonui HīkakaJames Carroll [Hon, MLC, later Sir]Te Horetā Te TaniwhaTe Paea HinerangiWahanui Reihana Te HuatareEruera Maihi PatuoneTūhoto ArikiPāora TūhaereRatene HihitawaTāmati Ngāpora ManuhiriAnehanaHuria MatengaHōne Heke Ngāpua [MHR]Tōkena Te KerēhiPare WāteneAna Rupene and ChildMāori WomanĪhaka WhaangaHeeni Hirini and childTāmati Wāka NeneWiremu Tāmihana Tarapīpipi Te WaharoaHōri Ngākapa Te WhanaungaWiremu Nēra Te AwaitaiaPera Te Rangituatahi TūtokoErueti TamaikōhāWiremu Te ManewhaRēnata Kawepō Tama-ki-HikurangiRetimana Te ManiaWīremu Parata Te Kākākura WaipunāhauHāmiora TūPakewa [previously identified as Te Rangipikinga]Te Hira Te KawauTe Hāpuku

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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