Auction

Commentators believe Thoughts of a Tohunga, painted by renowned New Zealand artist Charles Frederick Goldie in 1938, could bring up to $3 million at an auction next month.

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The extremely rare single feather is part of Webb’s live Material Culture auction that has arts, crafts, and designs from indigenous peoples on Monday.

The land deed, which was signed on September 23, 1826, represents the earliest organised attempt at the colonisation of Aotearoa.

The auction was controversial and sparked calls for the New Zealand government to step in.

Dame Naida Glavish has called out Deputy PM Carmel Sepuloni over her decision not to buy back two extinct huia up for auction in the UK.