The Ministry of Culture and Heritage confirmed it received an application to take a Charles F Goldie painting out of the country. SUPPLIED Another notable and early Goldie work: Te Aho, A Noted Waikato Warrior, dated 1905. READ MORE:* Charles F. Goldie painting sells for $265,000 at auction in Auckland* Captain Cook and Charles F. Goldie feature in record-breaking auction sales* Last Charles F. Goldie painting sells at auction* Two valuable Gottfried Lindauer paintings stolen in Auckland ram raid burglaryChina's affluent private collectors are increasingly buying up important artworks. Auckland auction house Mossgreen-Webb's has two Goldie works set to go under the hammer next week. Bird hoped the Ministry would decline the work's removal from New Zealand, saying Goldie works represented a shared cultural heritage.

Source: Stuff April 08, 2017 17:00 UTC