Restitution reports
Two Lindauer portraits returned after five years
New Zealand Police confirmed the return of the Chief and Chieftainess Ngatai-Raure portraits stolen in April 2017. Investigations continued.
Documented dossier
Gottfried Lindauer
The Lindauer reports form a sequence from the Auckland gallery ram raid to the reported return of two portraits five years later. Keeping both entries makes the change in status visible, without counting the theft and return as two separate theft incidents.
2 reports · Source dates: 1 Apr 2017 — 7 Dec 2022
Restitution reports 1Theft reports 1
Each entry reflects its source on the stated date. A historical theft report does not mean a work remains missing. Attributions, allegations and decisions remain distinct; this dossier does not authenticate artworks.
Reports and developments
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Theft reports
Two Gottfried Lindauer portraits stolen in Auckland gallery ram raid
New Zealand Police reported that Chieftainess Ngatai – Raure and Chief Ngatai-Raure, both painted in 1884, were stolen in a vehicle ram raid at the International Art Centre in Parnell at 4am on 1 April 2017. This is the original theft report; the December 2022 return is recorded separately.