An oil painting of Maori elder Wharekauri Tahuna by Charles Frederick Goldie sold for a record-breaking $3.75 million, ...

Critics regard this piece as his finest work, showcasing Tahuna adorned with a moko (a traditional Māori facial tattoo) and ...

The NZ$3.75m ($2.2m; $1.7m) sale also marks the highest price ever paid for a painting at auction in New Zealand, according to the auction house. It comes at a point of increased racial tensions in ...

The painting was done nine years before Goldie died in 1947 and art commentators believe it was his best work. It was thought ...